XSS in Remark Remark-html

CVE-2021-39199

remark-html is an open source nodejs library which compiles Markdown to HTML. In affected versions the documentation of remark-html has mentioned that it was safe by default. In practice the default was never safe and had to be opted into…

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

EPSS: 0.010 (59.7th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 10.0 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N.

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2021-39199?
CVE-2021-39199 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Remark Remark-html, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 10.0/10. Published 2021-09-07.
How severe is CVE-2021-39199?
Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 10.0 out of 10.