CVE-2020-11888

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Summary

CVECVE-2020-11888
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2020-04-20 16:15:00 UTC
Updated2023-11-07 03:15:00 UTC
Descriptionpython-markdown2 through 2.3.8 allows XSS because element names are mishandled unless a \w+ match succeeds. For example, an attack might use elementname@ or elementname- with an onclick attribute.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-79

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Python-markdown2 Project Python-markdown2 All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Another Filter bypass leading to XSS · Issue #348 · trentm/python-markdown2 · GitHub MISC github.com Exploit, Third Party Advisory
[security-announce] openSUSE-SU-2020:0651-1: moderate: Security update f SUSE lists.opensuse.org
[SECURITY] Fedora 32 Update: python-markdown2-2.3.9-1.fc32 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists FEDORA lists.fedoraproject.org
[SECURITY] Fedora 32 Update: python-markdown2-2.3.9-1.fc32 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists lists.fedoraproject.org
[SECURITY] Fedora 30 Update: python-markdown2-2.3.9-1.fc30 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists lists.fedoraproject.org
[security-announce] openSUSE-SU-2020:0656-1: moderate: Security update f SUSE lists.opensuse.org
[SECURITY] Fedora 30 Update: python-markdown2-2.3.9-1.fc30 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists FEDORA lists.fedoraproject.org
[SECURITY] Fedora 31 Update: python-markdown2-2.3.9-1.fc31 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists FEDORA lists.fedoraproject.org
[SECURITY] Fedora 31 Update: python-markdown2-2.3.9-1.fc31 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists lists.fedoraproject.org
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Legacy QID Mappings

  • 981560 Python (pip) Security Update for markdown2 (GHSA-fv3h-8x5j-pvgq)

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