What is CVE-2024-28245?

CVE-2024-28245 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Katex, classified under Improper Encoding or Escaping of Output. CVSS score: 6.3/10. Published 2024-03-25.

How severe is CVE-2024-28245?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.3 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Katex

CVE-2024-28245

KaTeX is a JavaScript library for TeX math rendering on the web. KaTeX users who render untrusted mathematical expressions could encounter malicious input using `\includegraphics` that runs arbitrary JavaScript, or generate invalid HTML. Upgrade to KaTeX v0.16.10 to remove this vulnerability.

Published 2024-03-25 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.3 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.004 (32.3th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 32nd percentile — 32.3% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.004 · newest: 0.004 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Katex — versions >= 0.11.0, < 0.6.10

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-116 — Improper Encoding or Escaping of Output

References

github.com/KaTeX/KaTeX/security/advisories/GHSA-f98w-7cxr-ff2h (Third Party Advisory)
github.com/KaTeX/KaTeX/commit/c5897fcd1f73da9612a53e6b5544f1d776e17770 (Patch)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-28245?: CVE-2024-28245 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Katex, classified under Improper Encoding or Escaping of Output. CVSS score: 6.3/10. Published 2024-03-25.
How severe is CVE-2024-28245?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.3 out of 10.