Cross-Site Scripting in mrk.js

Description

Versions of mrk.js before 2.0.1 are vulnerable to cross-site scripting (XSS) when markdown is converted to HTML.

Recommendation

Update the mrk.js package to the latest compatible version. Followings are version details:

• Affected version(s): < 2.0.1
• Patched version(s): 2.0.1

References

• GHSA-hpr5-wp7c-hh5q
• www.npmjs.com
• CWE-79
• OWASP 2021-A3

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• QMarkdown Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability - CVE-2025-43954

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Tags:

npm

mrk.js