CVE-2020-26297
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2021-01-04 18:45
Modified
2024-08-04 15:56
Severity ?
8.2 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:H/A:N
Summary
mdBook is a utility to create modern online books from Markdown files and is written in Rust. In mdBook before version 0.4.5, there is a vulnerability affecting the search feature of mdBook, which could allow an attacker to execute arbitrary JavaScript code on the page. The search feature of mdBook (introduced in version 0.1.4) was affected by a cross site scripting vulnerability that allowed an attacker to execute arbitrary JavaScript code on an user's browser by tricking the user into typing a malicious search query, or tricking the user into clicking a link to the search page with the malicious search query prefilled. mdBook 0.4.5 fixes the vulnerability by properly escaping the search query. Owners of websites built with mdBook have to upgrade to mdBook 0.4.5 or greater and rebuild their website contents with it.
References
security-advisories@github.comhttps://crates.io/crates/mdbookProduct, Third Party Advisory
security-advisories@github.comhttps://github.com/rust-lang/mdBook/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md#mdbook-045Release Notes, Third Party Advisory
security-advisories@github.comhttps://github.com/rust-lang/mdBook/commit/32abeef088e98327ca0dfccdad92e84afa9d2e9bPatch, Third Party Advisory
security-advisories@github.comhttps://github.com/rust-lang/mdBook/security/advisories/GHSA-gx5w-rrhp-f436Mitigation, Third Party Advisory
security-advisories@github.comhttps://groups.google.com/g/rustlang-security-announcements/c/3-sO6of29O0Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://crates.io/crates/mdbookProduct, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://github.com/rust-lang/mdBook/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md#mdbook-045Release Notes, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://github.com/rust-lang/mdBook/commit/32abeef088e98327ca0dfccdad92e84afa9d2e9bPatch, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://github.com/rust-lang/mdBook/security/advisories/GHSA-gx5w-rrhp-f436Mitigation, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://groups.google.com/g/rustlang-security-announcements/c/3-sO6of29O0Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Show details on NVD website

To clipboard 

{
  "containers": {
    "adp": [
      {
        "providerMetadata": {
          "dateUpdated": "2024-08-04T15:56:04.096Z",
          "orgId": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108",
          "shortName": "CVE"
        },
        "references": [
          {
            "tags": [
              "x_refsource_CONFIRM",
              "x_transferred"
            ],
            "url": "https://github.com/rust-lang/mdBook/security/advisories/GHSA-gx5w-rrhp-f436"
          },
          {
            "tags": [
              "x_refsource_MISC",
              "x_transferred"
            ],
            "url": "https://groups.google.com/g/rustlang-security-announcements/c/3-sO6of29O0"
          },
          {
            "tags": [
              "x_refsource_MISC",
              "x_transferred"
            ],
            "url": "https://crates.io/crates/mdbook"
          },
          {
            "tags": [
              "x_refsource_MISC",
              "x_transferred"
            ],
            "url": "https://github.com/rust-lang/mdBook/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md#mdbook-045"
          },
          {
            "tags": [
              "x_refsource_MISC",
              "x_transferred"
            ],
            "url": "https://github.com/rust-lang/mdBook/commit/32abeef088e98327ca0dfccdad92e84afa9d2e9b"
          }
        ],
        "title": "CVE Program Container"
      }
    ],
    "cna": {
      "affected": [
        {
          "product": "mdBook",
          "vendor": "rust-lang",
          "versions": [
            {
              "status": "affected",
              "version": "\u003c 0.4.5"
            }
          ]
        }
      ],
      "descriptions": [
        {
          "lang": "en",
          "value": "mdBook is a utility to create modern online books from Markdown files and is written in Rust. In mdBook before version 0.4.5, there is a vulnerability affecting the search feature of mdBook, which could allow an attacker to execute arbitrary JavaScript code on the page. The search feature of mdBook (introduced in version 0.1.4) was affected by a cross site scripting vulnerability that allowed an attacker to execute arbitrary JavaScript code on an user\u0027s browser by tricking the user into typing a malicious search query, or tricking the user into clicking a link to the search page with the malicious search query prefilled. mdBook 0.4.5 fixes the vulnerability by properly escaping the search query. Owners of websites built with mdBook have to upgrade to mdBook 0.4.5 or greater and rebuild their website contents with it."
        }
      ],
      "metrics": [
        {
          "cvssV3_1": {
            "attackComplexity": "LOW",
            "attackVector": "NETWORK",
            "availabilityImpact": "NONE",
            "baseScore": 8.2,
            "baseSeverity": "HIGH",
            "confidentialityImpact": "LOW",
            "integrityImpact": "HIGH",
            "privilegesRequired": "NONE",
            "scope": "CHANGED",
            "userInteraction": "REQUIRED",
            "vectorString": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:H/A:N",
            "version": "3.1"
          }
        }
      ],
      "problemTypes": [
        {
          "descriptions": [
            {
              "cweId": "CWE-79",
              "description": "CWE-79 Cross-site Scripting (XSS)",
              "lang": "en",
              "type": "CWE"
            }
          ]
        }
      ],
      "providerMetadata": {
        "dateUpdated": "2021-01-04T18:45:15",
        "orgId": "a0819718-46f1-4df5-94e2-005712e83aaa",
        "shortName": "GitHub_M"
      },
      "references": [
        {
          "tags": [
            "x_refsource_CONFIRM"
          ],
          "url": "https://github.com/rust-lang/mdBook/security/advisories/GHSA-gx5w-rrhp-f436"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "x_refsource_MISC"
          ],
          "url": "https://groups.google.com/g/rustlang-security-announcements/c/3-sO6of29O0"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "x_refsource_MISC"
          ],
          "url": "https://crates.io/crates/mdbook"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "x_refsource_MISC"
          ],
          "url": "https://github.com/rust-lang/mdBook/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md#mdbook-045"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "x_refsource_MISC"
          ],
          "url": "https://github.com/rust-lang/mdBook/commit/32abeef088e98327ca0dfccdad92e84afa9d2e9b"
        }
      ],
      "source": {
        "advisory": "GHSA-gx5w-rrhp-f436",
        "discovery": "UNKNOWN"
      },
      "title": "XSS in mdBook\u0027s search page",
      "x_legacyV4Record": {
        "CVE_data_meta": {
          "ASSIGNER": "security-advisories@github.com",
          "ID": "CVE-2020-26297",
          "STATE": "PUBLIC",
          "TITLE": "XSS in mdBook\u0027s search page"
        },
        "affects": {
          "vendor": {
            "vendor_data": [
              {
                "product": {
                  "product_data": [
                    {
                      "product_name": "mdBook",
                      "version": {
                        "version_data": [
                          {
                            "version_value": "\u003c 0.4.5"
                          }
                        ]
                      }
                    }
                  ]
                },
                "vendor_name": "rust-lang"
              }
            ]
          }
        },
        "data_format": "MITRE",
        "data_type": "CVE",
        "data_version": "4.0",
        "description": {
          "description_data": [
            {
              "lang": "eng",
              "value": "mdBook is a utility to create modern online books from Markdown files and is written in Rust. In mdBook before version 0.4.5, there is a vulnerability affecting the search feature of mdBook, which could allow an attacker to execute arbitrary JavaScript code on the page. The search feature of mdBook (introduced in version 0.1.4) was affected by a cross site scripting vulnerability that allowed an attacker to execute arbitrary JavaScript code on an user\u0027s browser by tricking the user into typing a malicious search query, or tricking the user into clicking a link to the search page with the malicious search query prefilled. mdBook 0.4.5 fixes the vulnerability by properly escaping the search query. Owners of websites built with mdBook have to upgrade to mdBook 0.4.5 or greater and rebuild their website contents with it."
            }
          ]
        },
        "impact": {
          "cvss": {
            "attackComplexity": "LOW",
            "attackVector": "NETWORK",
            "availabilityImpact": "NONE",
            "baseScore": 8.2,
            "baseSeverity": "HIGH",
            "confidentialityImpact": "LOW",
            "integrityImpact": "HIGH",
            "privilegesRequired": "NONE",
            "scope": "CHANGED",
            "userInteraction": "REQUIRED",
            "vectorString": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:H/A:N",
            "version": "3.1"
          }
        },
        "problemtype": {
          "problemtype_data": [
            {
              "description": [
                {
                  "lang": "eng",
                  "value": "CWE-79 Cross-site Scripting (XSS)"
                }
              ]
            }
          ]
        },
        "references": {
          "reference_data": [
            {
              "name": "https://github.com/rust-lang/mdBook/security/advisories/GHSA-gx5w-rrhp-f436",
              "refsource": "CONFIRM",
              "url": "https://github.com/rust-lang/mdBook/security/advisories/GHSA-gx5w-rrhp-f436"
            },
            {
              "name": "https://groups.google.com/g/rustlang-security-announcements/c/3-sO6of29O0",
              "refsource": "MISC",
              "url": "https://groups.google.com/g/rustlang-security-announcements/c/3-sO6of29O0"
            },
            {
              "name": "https://crates.io/crates/mdbook",
              "refsource": "MISC",
              "url": "https://crates.io/crates/mdbook"
            },
            {
              "name": "https://github.com/rust-lang/mdBook/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md#mdbook-045",
              "refsource": "MISC",
              "url": "https://github.com/rust-lang/mdBook/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md#mdbook-045"
            },
            {
              "name": "https://github.com/rust-lang/mdBook/commit/32abeef088e98327ca0dfccdad92e84afa9d2e9b",
              "refsource": "MISC",
              "url": "https://github.com/rust-lang/mdBook/commit/32abeef088e98327ca0dfccdad92e84afa9d2e9b"
            }
          ]
        },
        "source": {
          "advisory": "GHSA-gx5w-rrhp-f436",
          "discovery": "UNKNOWN"
        }
      }
    }
  },
  "cveMetadata": {
    "assignerOrgId": "a0819718-46f1-4df5-94e2-005712e83aaa",
    "assignerShortName": "GitHub_M",
    "cveId": "CVE-2020-26297",
    "datePublished": "2021-01-04T18:45:15",
    "dateReserved": "2020-10-01T00:00:00",
    "dateUpdated": "2024-08-04T15:56:04.096Z",
    "state": "PUBLISHED"
  },
  "dataType": "CVE_RECORD",
  "dataVersion": "5.1",
  "vulnerability-lookup:meta": {
    "nvd": "{\"cve\":{\"id\":\"CVE-2020-26297\",\"sourceIdentifier\":\"security-advisories@github.com\",\"published\":\"2021-01-04T19:15:15.173\",\"lastModified\":\"2024-11-21T05:19:47.737\",\"vulnStatus\":\"Modified\",\"cveTags\":[],\"descriptions\":[{\"lang\":\"en\",\"value\":\"mdBook is a utility to create modern online books from Markdown files and is written in Rust. In mdBook before version 0.4.5, there is a vulnerability affecting the search feature of mdBook, which could allow an attacker to execute arbitrary JavaScript code on the page. The search feature of mdBook (introduced in version 0.1.4) was affected by a cross site scripting vulnerability that allowed an attacker to execute arbitrary JavaScript code on an user\u0027s browser by tricking the user into typing a malicious search query, or tricking the user into clicking a link to the search page with the malicious search query prefilled. mdBook 0.4.5 fixes the vulnerability by properly escaping the search query. Owners of websites built with mdBook have to upgrade to mdBook 0.4.5 or greater and rebuild their website contents with it.\"},{\"lang\":\"es\",\"value\":\"mdBook es una utilidad para crear libros en l\u00ednea modernos a partir de archivos Markdown y es escrito en Rust.\u0026#xa0;En mdBook versiones anteriores a 0.4.5, se presenta una vulnerabilidad que afecta la funcionalidad search de mdBook, que podr\u00eda permitir a un atacante ejecutar c\u00f3digo JavaScript arbitrario en la p\u00e1gina.\u0026#xa0;La funcionalidad search de mdBook (introducida en la versi\u00f3n 0.1.4) estaba afectada por una vulnerabilidad de tipo cross site scripting que permit\u00eda a un atacante ejecutar c\u00f3digo JavaScript arbitrario en el navegador de un usuario al enga\u00f1ar al usuario para que escriba una consulta de b\u00fasqueda maliciosa o enga\u00f1e al usuario para que haciendo clic en un enlace para la p\u00e1gina de b\u00fasqueda con la consulta de b\u00fasqueda maliciosa precargada.\u0026#xa0;mdBook versi\u00f3n 0.4.5 corrige la vulnerabilidad al escapar correctamente de la consulta de b\u00fasqueda.\u0026#xa0;Los propietarios de sitios web dise\u00f1ados con mdBook deben actualizar a mdBook versiones 0.4.5 o superiores y reconstruir el contenido de su sitio web con \u00e9l.\"}],\"metrics\":{\"cvssMetricV31\":[{\"source\":\"security-advisories@github.com\",\"type\":\"Secondary\",\"cvssData\":{\"version\":\"3.1\",\"vectorString\":\"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:H/A:N\",\"baseScore\":8.2,\"baseSeverity\":\"HIGH\",\"attackVector\":\"NETWORK\",\"attackComplexity\":\"LOW\",\"privilegesRequired\":\"NONE\",\"userInteraction\":\"REQUIRED\",\"scope\":\"CHANGED\",\"confidentialityImpact\":\"LOW\",\"integrityImpact\":\"HIGH\",\"availabilityImpact\":\"NONE\"},\"exploitabilityScore\":2.8,\"impactScore\":4.7},{\"source\":\"nvd@nist.gov\",\"type\":\"Primary\",\"cvssData\":{\"version\":\"3.1\",\"vectorString\":\"CVSS:3.1/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\":\"security-advisories@github.com\",\"type\":\"Secondary\",\"description\":[{\"lang\":\"en\",\"value\":\"CWE-79\"}]}],\"configurations\":[{\"nodes\":[{\"operator\":\"OR\",\"negate\":false,\"cpeMatch\":[{\"vulnerable\":true,\"criteria\":\"cpe:2.3:a:rust-lang:mdbook:*:*:*:*:*:rust:*:*\",\"versionStartIncluding\":\"0.1.4\",\"versionEndExcluding\":\"0.4.5\",\"matchCriteriaId\":\"33382A76-E82B-4C95-AC8A-474ED0A2FD8F\"}]}]}],\"references\":[{\"url\":\"https://crates.io/crates/mdbook\",\"source\":\"security-advisories@github.com\",\"tags\":[\"Product\",\"Third Party Advisory\"]},{\"url\":\"https://github.com/rust-lang/mdBook/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md#mdbook-045\",\"source\":\"security-advisories@github.com\",\"tags\":[\"Release Notes\",\"Third Party Advisory\"]},{\"url\":\"https://github.com/rust-lang/mdBook/commit/32abeef088e98327ca0dfccdad92e84afa9d2e9b\",\"source\":\"security-advisories@github.com\",\"tags\":[\"Patch\",\"Third Party Advisory\"]},{\"url\":\"https://github.com/rust-lang/mdBook/security/advisories/GHSA-gx5w-rrhp-f436\",\"source\":\"security-advisories@github.com\",\"tags\":[\"Mitigation\",\"Third Party Advisory\"]},{\"url\":\"https://groups.google.com/g/rustlang-security-announcements/c/3-sO6of29O0\",\"source\":\"security-advisories@github.com\",\"tags\":[\"Mailing List\",\"Third Party Advisory\"]},{\"url\":\"https://crates.io/crates/mdbook\",\"source\":\"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108\",\"tags\":[\"Product\",\"Third Party Advisory\"]},{\"url\":\"https://github.com/rust-lang/mdBook/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md#mdbook-045\",\"source\":\"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108\",\"tags\":[\"Release Notes\",\"Third Party Advisory\"]},{\"url\":\"https://github.com/rust-lang/mdBook/commit/32abeef088e98327ca0dfccdad92e84afa9d2e9b\",\"source\":\"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108\",\"tags\":[\"Patch\",\"Third Party Advisory\"]},{\"url\":\"https://github.com/rust-lang/mdBook/security/advisories/GHSA-gx5w-rrhp-f436\",\"source\":\"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108\",\"tags\":[\"Mitigation\",\"Third Party Advisory\"]},{\"url\":\"https://groups.google.com/g/rustlang-security-announcements/c/3-sO6of29O0\",\"source\":\"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108\",\"tags\":[\"Mailing List\",\"Third Party Advisory\"]}]}}"
  }
}


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.
  • 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.