PYSEC-2017-18

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    PYSEC-2017-18

    Published: 29 Dec 2017Last Modified: 8 Nov 2023

    Summary:

    Details: Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the _keyify function in mistune.py in Mistune before 0.8.1 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML by leveraging failure to escape the "key" argument.

    References: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/NUR3GMHQBMA3UC4PFMCK6GCLOQC4LQQC/, https://github.com/lepture/mistune/commit/5f06d724bc05580e7f203db2d4a4905fc1127f98, https://github.com/lepture/mistune/blob/master/CHANGES.rst, https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1524596, https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-98gj-wwxm-cj3h

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: mistune

    Purl: pkg:pypi/mistune

    Affected ranges

    Type: GIT

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -5f06d724bc05580e7f203db2d4a4905fc1127f98

    Affected versions

    0.1.0

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High