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Security checkSeptember 07, 2023

SimpleMDE XSS Vulnerability

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Medium severitynpmsimplemde

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Description

SimpleMDE 1.11.2 has XSS via an onerror attribute of a crafted IMG element, or via certain input with [ and ( characters, which is mishandled during construction of an A element.

Recommendation

No fix is available yet. Followings are affected versions:

  • <= 1.11.2

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