ghsa-3c48-6pcv-88rm
Vulnerability from github
Published
2018-07-27 17:05
Modified
2023-09-11 16:16
Severity ?
5.4 (Medium) - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
Summary
Macro in MathJax running untrusted Javascript within a web browser
Details

MathJax version prior to version 2.7.4 contains a Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the \unicode{} macro that can result in Potentially untrusted Javascript running within a web browser. This attack appear to be exploitable via The victim must view a page where untrusted content is processed using Mathjax. This vulnerability appears to have been fixed in 2.7.4 and later.

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  "affected": [
    {
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "npm",
        "name": "mathjax"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "0"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "2.7.4"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2018-1999024"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cwe_ids": [
      "CWE-79"
    ],
    "github_reviewed": true,
    "github_reviewed_at": "2020-06-16T20:54:43Z",
    "nvd_published_at": null,
    "severity": "MODERATE"
  },
  "details": "MathJax version prior to version 2.7.4 contains a Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the `\\unicode{}` macro that can result in Potentially untrusted Javascript running within a web browser. This attack appear to be exploitable via The victim must view a page where untrusted content is processed using Mathjax. This vulnerability appears to have been fixed in 2.7.4 and later.",
  "id": "GHSA-3c48-6pcv-88rm",
  "modified": "2023-09-11T16:16:25Z",
  "published": "2018-07-27T17:05:27Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-1999024"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/mathjax/MathJax/commit/a55da396c18cafb767a26aa9ad96f6f4199852f1"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://blog.bentkowski.info/2018/06/xss-in-google-colaboratory-csp-bypass.html"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-3c48-6pcv-88rm"
    },
    {
      "type": "PACKAGE",
      "url": "https://github.com/mathjax/MathJax"
    }
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.4.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    }
  ],
  "summary": "Macro in MathJax running untrusted Javascript within a web browser"
}


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