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


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on Debian security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
2.23% (83rd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN9-MISTUNE-270268
  • published29 Dec 2017
  • disclosed29 Dec 2017

Introduced: 29 Dec 2017

CVE-2017-16876  (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.

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the _keyify function in mistune.py in Mistune before 0.8.1 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML by leveraging failure to escape the "key" argument.