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ghsa-vgm8-mvfh-rj89

Vulnerability from github

Published

2025-08-21 18:31

Modified

2025-08-25 06:30

Severity ?

6.9 (Medium) - CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N

Details

This issue affects markdown-it: 14.1.0.

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CVE-2025-7969 (GCVE-0-2025-7969)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5

Published

2025-08-21 16:40

Modified

2025-09-01 17:19

Severity ?

6.9 (Medium) - CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N

CWE

CWE-79 - Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation (XSS or 'Cross-site Scripting')

Summary

Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation (XSS or 'Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in markdown-it allows Cross-Site Scripting (XSS). This vulnerability is associated with program files lib/renderer.mjs. This issue affects markdown-it: 14.1.0. NOTE: the Supplier does not consider this issue to be a vulnerability.

References

▼	URL	Tags
	https://fluidattacks.com/advisories/fito	third-party-advisory
	https://github.com/markdown-it/markdown-it	product

Impacted products

	Vendor	Product	Version
	markdown-it	markdown-it	Version: 14.1.0 <

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Author	Source	Type	Date

Nomenclature

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Confirmed: The vulnerability is confirmed from an analyst perspective.
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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.
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Not patched: This vulnerability was not successfully patched by the user reporting the sighting.

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