CVE-2017-16876: mistune Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability
(updated )
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the _keyify function in mistune.py in Mistune before 0.8.1 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML by leveraging failure to escape the “key” argument.
References
- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1524596
- github.com/advisories/GHSA-98gj-wwxm-cj3h
- github.com/lepture/mistune
- github.com/lepture/mistune/blob/master/CHANGES.rst
- github.com/lepture/mistune/commit/5f06d724bc05580e7f203db2d4a4905fc1127f98
- github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/mistune/PYSEC-2017-18.yaml
- lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/NUR3GMHQBMA3UC4PFMCK6GCLOQC4LQQC
- nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-16876
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