Cross-site Scripting (XSS) Affecting mistune package, versions *


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on Debian security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.93% (61st percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN9-MISTUNE-270264
  • published19 Oct 2017
  • disclosed19 Oct 2017

Introduced: 19 Oct 2017

CVE-2017-15612  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-79  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for Debian:9 mistune.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream mistune package and not the mistune package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:9 relevant fixed versions and status.

mistune.py in Mistune 0.7.4 allows XSS via an unexpected newline (such as in java\nscript:) or a crafted email address, related to the escape and autolink functions.