What is CVE-2017-16019?

CVE-2017-16019 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Gitbook, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2018-06-04.

How severe is CVE-2017-16019?

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

XSS in Gitbook

CVE-2017-16019

GitBook is a command line tool (and Node.js library) for building beautiful books using GitHub/Git and Markdown (or AsciiDoc). Stored Cross-Site-Scripting (XSS) is possible in GitBook before 3.2.2 by including code outside of backticks in any ebook. This code will be executed on the online reader.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

EPSS: 0.009 (57.2th 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

Gitbook
Hackerone Gitbook Node Module — versions <3.2.2

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

References

support@hackerone.com (Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)
support@hackerone.com (Exploit, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-16019?: CVE-2017-16019 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Gitbook, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2018-06-04.
How severe is CVE-2017-16019?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.