CVE-2018-19289 - Improper Neutralization of Special Elements in Output Used by a Downstream Component ('Injection')

Severity

61%

Complexity

27%

Confidentiality

45%

An issue was discovered in Valine v1.3.3. It allows HTML injection, which can be exploited for JavaScript execution via an EMBED element in conjunction with a .pdf file.

An issue was discovered in Valine v1.3.3. It allows HTML injection, which can be exploited for JavaScript execution via an EMBED element in conjunction with a .pdf file.

CVSS 3.1 Base Score 6.1. CVSS Attack Vector: network. CVSS Attack Complexity: low. CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N).

CVSS 2.0 Base Score 4.3. CVSS Attack Vector: network. CVSS Attack Complexity: medium. CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N).

Overview

First reported 6 years ago

2018-11-15 06:29:00

Last updated 5 years ago

2019-09-11 18:39:00

Affected Software

Valine.js Valine 1.3.3

1.3.3

References

https://github.com/xCss/Valine/issues/127

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