CVE-2018-5773

Published Jan 18, 2018 CVSS 3.0 · 6.1 Medium EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
Description
An issue was discovered in markdown2 (aka python-markdown2) through 2.3.5. The safe_mode feature, which is supposed to sanitize user input against XSS, is flawed and does not escape the input properly. With a crafted payload, XSS can be triggered, as demonstrated by omitting the final '>' character from an IMG tag.

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Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2018-0089 An issue was discovered in markdown2 (aka python-markdown2) through 2.3.5. The safe_mode feature, which is supposed to sanitize user input against XSS, is flawed and does not escape the input properly. With a crafted payload, XSS can be triggered, as demonstrated by omitting the final '>' character from an IMG tag.
Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-p6h9-gw49-rqm4 markdown2 is vulnerable to cross-site scripting
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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
mitre
Published
Updated
Sep 16, 2024, 5:47 PM
Reserved
Jan 18, 2018, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Jan 18, 2018, 9:29 PM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 2:00 AM