What is CVE-2020-28459?

CVE-2020-28459 is a high-severity vulnerability in Markdown-It-Decorate Project, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 7.3/10. Published 2022-07-25.

How severe is CVE-2020-28459?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.3 out of 10.

XSS in Markdown-It-Decorate Project

CVE-2020-28459

This affects all versions of package markdown-it-decorate. An attacker can add an event handler or use javascript:xxx for the link.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

EPSS: 0.006 (43.8th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.3 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L.

Affected products

Markdown-it-decorate_project Markdown-it-decorate
N/a Markdown-it-decorate — versions 0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

References

report@snyk.io (Exploit, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2020-28459?: CVE-2020-28459 is a high-severity vulnerability in Markdown-It-Decorate Project, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 7.3/10. Published 2022-07-25.
How severe is CVE-2020-28459?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.3 out of 10.