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CVE-2020-7773

MEDIUM · CVSS 6.5 EPSS 1.35% Public Exploit

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2020-11-16 · Last synced 2026-08-04

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CVE
CVE-2020-7773
Severity
MEDIUM
CVSS
6.5
EPSS
1.35%
Java

Original NVD Description

This affects the package markdown-it-highlightjs before 3.3.1. It is possible insert malicious JavaScript as a value of lang in the markdown-it-highlightjs Inline code highlighting feature. const markdownItHighlightjs = require("markdown-it-highlightjs"); const md = require('markdown-it'); const reuslt_xss = md() .use(markdownItHighlightjs, { inline: true }) .render('console.log(42){.">js}'); console.log(reuslt_xss);