CVE-2020-28455 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

This affects all versions of package markdown-it-toc. The title of the generated toc and the contents of the header are not escaped.

Published: 2022-07-25

Score: 7.3 High

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

n/a

markdown-it-toc

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`0`	affected	< unspecified

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:markdown-it-toc_project:markdown-it-toc:*:*:*:*:*:node.js:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2022-6435	This affects all versions of package markdown-it-toc. The title of the generated toc and the contents of the header are not escaped.
Github GHSA	GHSA-wfvx-fx73-3rfj	markdown-it-toc Cross-site Scripting due to title of generated toc and contents of header not being escaped

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact Low

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00584.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
https://security.snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JS-MARKDOWNITTOC-1044067

History

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Subscriptions

Markdown-it-toc Project Markdown-it-toc

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: snyk

Published: 2022-07-25T14:10:37.856Z

Updated: 2024-09-16T23:01:17.912Z

Reserved: 2020-11-12T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2020-28455

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2022-07-25T14:15:09.713

Modified: 2026-06-17T03:10:29.030

Link: CVE-2020-28455

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-79
Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

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