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Security Advisories: MDE2OlNlY3VyaXR5QWR2aXNvcnlHSFNBLTNjNDgtNnBjdi04OHJt
Macro in MathJax running untrusted Javascript within a web browser
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.
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Source: GitHub Advisory Database
Origin: Unspecified
Severity: Moderate
Classification: General
Published: over 6 years ago
Updated: about 1 year ago
CVSS Score: 5.4
CVSS vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
Identifiers: GHSA-3c48-6pcv-88rm, CVE-2018-1999024
References:
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-1999024
- https://github.com/mathjax/MathJax/commit/a55da396c18cafb767a26aa9ad96f6f4199852f1
- https://blog.bentkowski.info/2018/06/xss-in-google-colaboratory-csp-bypass.html
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-3c48-6pcv-88rm
Blast Radius: 17.9
Affected Packages
npm:mathjax
Dependent packages: 157Dependent repositories: 2,044
Downloads: 747,769 last month
Affected Version Ranges: < 2.7.4
Fixed in: 2.7.4
All affected versions: 2.5.1, 2.6.1, 2.7.0, 2.7.1, 2.7.2, 2.7.3
All unaffected versions: 2.7.4, 2.7.5, 2.7.6, 2.7.7, 2.7.8, 2.7.9, 3.0.0, 3.0.1, 3.0.4, 3.0.5, 3.1.0, 3.1.1, 3.1.2, 3.1.3, 3.1.4, 3.2.0, 3.2.1, 3.2.2