CVE-2018-1000162

MediumCVSS 6.1/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

Parsedown version prior to 1.7.0 contains a Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in `setMarkupEscaped` for escaping HTML that can result in JavaScript code execution. This attack appears to be exploitable via specially crafted markdown that allows it to side step HTML escaping by breaking AST boundaries. This vulnerability appears to have been fixed in 1.7.0 and later.

Metrics

CVSS 3.0 6.1/10CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Weakness enumeration

Affected software

No affected versions have been published.

Timeline

Published
Apr 18, 2018
Last modified
Jun 17, 2026
NVD status
Modified

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CVE-2018-1000162: Medium severity, CVSS 6.1 | Vulnix