Cross-site Scripting (XSS) Affecting written package, versions >=0.0.0


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Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RUBY-WRITTEN-548685
  • published13 Feb 2020
  • disclosed13 Feb 2020
  • creditSam Sanoop of Snyk Security Team

Introduced: 13 Feb 2020

CVE NOT AVAILABLE CWE-79  (opens in a new tab)
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How to fix?

There is no fixed version for written.

Overview

written is a rich Markdown editor for the web.

Note: This package is deprecated (EOL)

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Cross-site Scripting (XSS). When parsing and converting markdown into HTML, it is possible to inject malicious JavaScript elements that can result in XSS.

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