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NodeBB Cross-site Scripting Vulnerability in Markdown Processing

Moderate severity GitHub Reviewed Published May 17, 2022 to the GitHub Advisory Database • Updated Aug 13, 2023

Package

npm nodebb (npm)

Affected versions

< 0.70

Patched versions

0.70
npm nodebb-plugin-markdown (npm)
< 5.1.1
5.1.1

Description

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in NodeBB before 0.7 allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via vectors related to (1) javascript: or (2) data: URLs.

References

Published by the National Vulnerability Database Sep 21, 2017
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database May 17, 2022
Reviewed Aug 4, 2023
Last updated Aug 13, 2023

Severity

Moderate
6.1
/ 10

CVSS base metrics

Attack vector
Network
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
None
User interaction
Required
Scope
Changed
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
Low
Availability
None
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Weaknesses

CVE ID

CVE-2015-3296

GHSA ID

GHSA-9g4f-5rpg-4948

Source code

No known source code
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