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CVE-2017-16019

MEDIUM · CVSS 6.1 EPSS 0.94% Public Exploit

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2018-06-04 · Last synced 2026-08-04

CyberRota Analysis

This is a medium severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 6.1. It affects GitHub. Public exploit code or proof-of-concept references have been detected in its references.

Public Exploit Signal

A public exploit, PoC, GitHub repository or Metasploit reference was detected for this CVE.

GitHub PoC Links

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CVE
CVE-2017-16019
Severity
MEDIUM
CVSS
6.1
EPSS
0.94%
GitHub

Original NVD Description

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.

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