CVE-2024-28245: KaTeX's `\includegraphics` does not escape filename

March 25, 2024

KaTeX users who render untrusted mathematical expressions could encounter malicious input using \includegraphics that runs arbitrary JavaScript, or generate invalid HTML.

References

github.com/KaTeX/KaTeX
github.com/KaTeX/KaTeX/commit/c5897fcd1f73da9612a53e6b5544f1d776e17770
github.com/KaTeX/KaTeX/security/advisories/GHSA-f98w-7cxr-ff2h
github.com/advisories/GHSA-f98w-7cxr-ff2h
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-28245

Code Behaviors & Features

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