CVE-2020-28459 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

This affects all versions of package markdown-it-decorate. An attacker can add an event handler or use javascript:xxx for the link.

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-decorate

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`0`	affected	< unspecified

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:markdown-it-decorate_project:markdown-it-decorate:*:*:*:*:*: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-2022-6409	This affects all versions of package markdown-it-decorate. An attacker can add an event handler or use javascript:xxx for the link.
Github GHSA	GHSA-rhf5-2378-3w3w	markdown-it-decorate vulnerable to cross-site scripting (XSS)

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 0.00514.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
https://security.snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JS-MARKDOWNITDECORATE-1044068

History

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Subscriptions

Markdown-it-decorate Project Markdown-it-decorate

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: snyk

Published: 2022-07-25T14:05:43.371Z

Updated: 2024-09-16T20:27:19.935Z

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

Link: CVE-2020-28459

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2022-07-25T14:15:09.763

Modified: 2026-06-17T03:10:29.463

Link: CVE-2020-28459

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-79

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