What is CVE-2017-11593?

CVE-2017-11593 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Ooso Markdown Preview Plus, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2017-07-24.

How severe is CVE-2017-11593?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.

XSS in Ooso Markdown Preview Plus

CVE-2017-11593

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.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

EPSS: 0.008 (52.4th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.1 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N.

Affected products

Ooso Markdown_preview_plus
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

References

cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Exploit, Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking)
cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Patch, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-11593?: CVE-2017-11593 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Ooso Markdown Preview Plus, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2017-07-24.
How severe is CVE-2017-11593?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.