Cross-site Scripting (XSS) Affecting mistune package, versions [,0.8.1)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.14% (51st percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-PYTHON-MISTUNE-40765
  • published7 Dec 2017
  • disclosed19 Nov 2017
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 19 Nov 2017

CVE-2017-16876  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-79  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade mistune to version 0.8.1 or higher.

Overview

mistune is the fastest markdown parser in pure Python.

Affected versions of the package are vulnerable to Cross-site Scripting (XSS).

Details

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You can read more about Cross-site Scripting (XSS) on our blog.

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