Cross-site Scripting (XSS) The advisory has been revoked - it doesn't affect any version of package mathjax (opens in a new tab)
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- published23 Jul 2018
- disclosed23 Jul 2018
Introduced: 23 Jul 2018
CVE-2018-1999024 (opens in a new tab)Amendment
The Ubuntu security team deemed this advisory irrelevant for Ubuntu:20.04.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream mathjax package and not the mathjax package as distributed by Ubuntu.
MathJax version prior to version 2.7.4 contains a Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the \unicode{} macro that can result in Potentially untrusted Javascript running within a web browser. This attack appear to be exploitable via The victim must view a page where untrusted content is processed using Mathjax. This vulnerability appears to have been fixed in 2.7.4 and later.