CVE-2017-11593 Information

Description

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Markdown Preview Plus extension before 0.5.7 for Chrome allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML into some web applications via the upload and display of crafted text markdown or rst files that are designed to be viewed in the browser as plain text but that will be converted to HTML without proper sanitization.

CVSS Vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Reference

https://github.com/volca/markdown-preview/commit/1181f044a5457d5e1ac35804ecd84e05977f1920 https://github.com/volca/markdown-preview/issues/60

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction Required

NONE

Scope

REQUIRED

Confidentiality Impact

CHANGED

Integrity Impact

LOW

Availability Impact

LOW

Base Score

NONE

Base Severity

6.1