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
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