CVE-2017-16876 (GCVE-0-2017-16876)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2017-12-29 15:00
Modified
2024-08-05 20:35
Severity ?
CWE
  • n/a
Summary
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
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
n/a n/a Version: n/a
Show details on NVD website

To clipboard 

{
  "containers": {
    "adp": [
      {
        "providerMetadata": {
          "dateUpdated": "2024-08-05T20:35:21.320Z",
          "orgId": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108",
          "shortName": "CVE"
        },
        "references": [
          {
            "tags": [
              "x_refsource_CONFIRM",
              "x_transferred"
            ],
            "url": "https://github.com/lepture/mistune/blob/master/CHANGES.rst"
          },
          {
            "name": "FEDORA-2017-7b4149911a",
            "tags": [
              "vendor-advisory",
              "x_refsource_FEDORA",
              "x_transferred"
            ],
            "url": "https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/NUR3GMHQBMA3UC4PFMCK6GCLOQC4LQQC/"
          },
          {
            "tags": [
              "x_refsource_CONFIRM",
              "x_transferred"
            ],
            "url": "https://github.com/lepture/mistune/commit/5f06d724bc05580e7f203db2d4a4905fc1127f98"
          },
          {
            "tags": [
              "x_refsource_CONFIRM",
              "x_transferred"
            ],
            "url": "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1524596"
          }
        ],
        "title": "CVE Program Container"
      }
    ],
    "cna": {
      "affected": [
        {
          "product": "n/a",
          "vendor": "n/a",
          "versions": [
            {
              "status": "affected",
              "version": "n/a"
            }
          ]
        }
      ],
      "datePublic": "2017-11-07T00:00:00",
      "descriptions": [
        {
          "lang": "en",
          "value": "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."
        }
      ],
      "problemTypes": [
        {
          "descriptions": [
            {
              "description": "n/a",
              "lang": "en",
              "type": "text"
            }
          ]
        }
      ],
      "providerMetadata": {
        "dateUpdated": "2017-12-29T14:57:01",
        "orgId": "8254265b-2729-46b6-b9e3-3dfca2d5bfca",
        "shortName": "mitre"
      },
      "references": [
        {
          "tags": [
            "x_refsource_CONFIRM"
          ],
          "url": "https://github.com/lepture/mistune/blob/master/CHANGES.rst"
        },
        {
          "name": "FEDORA-2017-7b4149911a",
          "tags": [
            "vendor-advisory",
            "x_refsource_FEDORA"
          ],
          "url": "https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/NUR3GMHQBMA3UC4PFMCK6GCLOQC4LQQC/"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "x_refsource_CONFIRM"
          ],
          "url": "https://github.com/lepture/mistune/commit/5f06d724bc05580e7f203db2d4a4905fc1127f98"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "x_refsource_CONFIRM"
          ],
          "url": "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1524596"
        }
      ],
      "x_legacyV4Record": {
        "CVE_data_meta": {
          "ASSIGNER": "cve@mitre.org",
          "ID": "CVE-2017-16876",
          "STATE": "PUBLIC"
        },
        "affects": {
          "vendor": {
            "vendor_data": [
              {
                "product": {
                  "product_data": [
                    {
                      "product_name": "n/a",
                      "version": {
                        "version_data": [
                          {
                            "version_value": "n/a"
                          }
                        ]
                      }
                    }
                  ]
                },
                "vendor_name": "n/a"
              }
            ]
          }
        },
        "data_format": "MITRE",
        "data_type": "CVE",
        "data_version": "4.0",
        "description": {
          "description_data": [
            {
              "lang": "eng",
              "value": "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."
            }
          ]
        },
        "problemtype": {
          "problemtype_data": [
            {
              "description": [
                {
                  "lang": "eng",
                  "value": "n/a"
                }
              ]
            }
          ]
        },
        "references": {
          "reference_data": [
            {
              "name": "https://github.com/lepture/mistune/blob/master/CHANGES.rst",
              "refsource": "CONFIRM",
              "url": "https://github.com/lepture/mistune/blob/master/CHANGES.rst"
            },
            {
              "name": "FEDORA-2017-7b4149911a",
              "refsource": "FEDORA",
              "url": "https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/NUR3GMHQBMA3UC4PFMCK6GCLOQC4LQQC/"
            },
            {
              "name": "https://github.com/lepture/mistune/commit/5f06d724bc05580e7f203db2d4a4905fc1127f98",
              "refsource": "CONFIRM",
              "url": "https://github.com/lepture/mistune/commit/5f06d724bc05580e7f203db2d4a4905fc1127f98"
            },
            {
              "name": "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1524596",
              "refsource": "CONFIRM",
              "url": "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1524596"
            }
          ]
        }
      }
    }
  },
  "cveMetadata": {
    "assignerOrgId": "8254265b-2729-46b6-b9e3-3dfca2d5bfca",
    "assignerShortName": "mitre",
    "cveId": "CVE-2017-16876",
    "datePublished": "2017-12-29T15:00:00",
    "dateReserved": "2017-11-17T00:00:00",
    "dateUpdated": "2024-08-05T20:35:21.320Z",
    "state": "PUBLISHED"
  },
  "dataType": "CVE_RECORD",
  "dataVersion": "5.1",
  "vulnerability-lookup:meta": {
    "nvd": "{\"cve\":{\"id\":\"CVE-2017-16876\",\"sourceIdentifier\":\"cve@mitre.org\",\"published\":\"2017-12-29T15:29:00.610\",\"lastModified\":\"2025-04-20T01:37:25.860\",\"vulnStatus\":\"Deferred\",\"cveTags\":[],\"descriptions\":[{\"lang\":\"en\",\"value\":\"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.\"},{\"lang\":\"es\",\"value\":\"Vulnerabilidad de Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) en la funci\u00f3n _keyify en mistune.py en Mistune en versiones anteriores a la 0.8.1 permite que atacantes remotos inyecten scripts web o HTML aprovechando el error a la hora de escapar el argumento \\\"key\\\".\"}],\"metrics\":{\"cvssMetricV30\":[{\"source\":\"nvd@nist.gov\",\"type\":\"Primary\",\"cvssData\":{\"version\":\"3.0\",\"vectorString\":\"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N\",\"baseScore\":6.1,\"baseSeverity\":\"MEDIUM\",\"attackVector\":\"NETWORK\",\"attackComplexity\":\"LOW\",\"privilegesRequired\":\"NONE\",\"userInteraction\":\"REQUIRED\",\"scope\":\"CHANGED\",\"confidentialityImpact\":\"LOW\",\"integrityImpact\":\"LOW\",\"availabilityImpact\":\"NONE\"},\"exploitabilityScore\":2.8,\"impactScore\":2.7}],\"cvssMetricV2\":[{\"source\":\"nvd@nist.gov\",\"type\":\"Primary\",\"cvssData\":{\"version\":\"2.0\",\"vectorString\":\"AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N\",\"baseScore\":4.3,\"accessVector\":\"NETWORK\",\"accessComplexity\":\"MEDIUM\",\"authentication\":\"NONE\",\"confidentialityImpact\":\"NONE\",\"integrityImpact\":\"PARTIAL\",\"availabilityImpact\":\"NONE\"},\"baseSeverity\":\"MEDIUM\",\"exploitabilityScore\":8.6,\"impactScore\":2.9,\"acInsufInfo\":false,\"obtainAllPrivilege\":false,\"obtainUserPrivilege\":false,\"obtainOtherPrivilege\":false,\"userInteractionRequired\":true}]},\"weaknesses\":[{\"source\":\"nvd@nist.gov\",\"type\":\"Primary\",\"description\":[{\"lang\":\"en\",\"value\":\"CWE-79\"}]}],\"configurations\":[{\"nodes\":[{\"operator\":\"OR\",\"negate\":false,\"cpeMatch\":[{\"vulnerable\":true,\"criteria\":\"cpe:2.3:a:mistune_project:mistune:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*\",\"versionEndExcluding\":\"0.8.1\",\"matchCriteriaId\":\"F6FBDFBB-71EA-4E0D-B014-CABC98A1FEDC\"}]}]},{\"nodes\":[{\"operator\":\"OR\",\"negate\":false,\"cpeMatch\":[{\"vulnerable\":true,\"criteria\":\"cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:26:*:*:*:*:*:*:*\",\"matchCriteriaId\":\"6E4D8269-B407-4C24-AAB0-02F885C7D752\"}]}]}],\"references\":[{\"url\":\"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1524596\",\"source\":\"cve@mitre.org\",\"tags\":[\"Issue Tracking\",\"Third Party Advisory\",\"VDB Entry\"]},{\"url\":\"https://github.com/lepture/mistune/blob/master/CHANGES.rst\",\"source\":\"cve@mitre.org\",\"tags\":[\"Release Notes\",\"Third Party Advisory\"]},{\"url\":\"https://github.com/lepture/mistune/commit/5f06d724bc05580e7f203db2d4a4905fc1127f98\",\"source\":\"cve@mitre.org\",\"tags\":[\"Patch\",\"Third Party Advisory\"]},{\"url\":\"https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/NUR3GMHQBMA3UC4PFMCK6GCLOQC4LQQC/\",\"source\":\"cve@mitre.org\"},{\"url\":\"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1524596\",\"source\":\"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108\",\"tags\":[\"Issue Tracking\",\"Third Party Advisory\",\"VDB Entry\"]},{\"url\":\"https://github.com/lepture/mistune/blob/master/CHANGES.rst\",\"source\":\"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108\",\"tags\":[\"Release Notes\",\"Third Party Advisory\"]},{\"url\":\"https://github.com/lepture/mistune/commit/5f06d724bc05580e7f203db2d4a4905fc1127f98\",\"source\":\"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108\",\"tags\":[\"Patch\",\"Third Party Advisory\"]},{\"url\":\"https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/NUR3GMHQBMA3UC4PFMCK6GCLOQC4LQQC/\",\"source\":\"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108\"}]}}"
  }
}


Log in or create an account to share your comment.




Tags
Taxonomy of the tags.




Sightings

Author Source Type Date

Nomenclature

  • Seen: The vulnerability was mentioned, discussed, or seen somewhere by the user.
  • Confirmed: The vulnerability is confirmed from an analyst perspective.
  • Published Proof of Concept: A public proof of concept is available for this vulnerability.
  • Exploited: This vulnerability was exploited and seen by the user reporting the sighting.
  • Patched: This vulnerability was successfully patched by the user reporting the sighting.
  • Not exploited: This vulnerability was not exploited or seen by the user reporting the sighting.
  • Not confirmed: The user expresses doubt about the veracity of the vulnerability.
  • Not patched: This vulnerability was not successfully patched by the user reporting the sighting.