Vulnerability Details CVE-2018-5773
An issue was discovered in markdown2 (aka python-markdown2) through 2.3.5. The safe_mode feature, which is supposed to sanitize user input against XSS, is flawed and does not escape the input properly. With a crafted payload, XSS can be triggered, as demonstrated by omitting the final '>' character from an IMG tag.
Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score
EPSS Score 0.003
EPSS Ranking 49.6%
CVSS Severity
CVSS v3 Score 6.1
CVSS v2 Score 4.3
Products affected by CVE-2018-5773
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cpe:2.3:a:python-markdown2_project:python-markdown2:1.0.1.14
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cpe:2.3:a:python-markdown2_project:python-markdown2:1.0.1.17
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cpe:2.3:a:python-markdown2_project:python-markdown2:1.0.1.18
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cpe:2.3:a:python-markdown2_project:python-markdown2:1.0.1.19
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cpe:2.3:a:python-markdown2_project:python-markdown2:1.1.0
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cpe:2.3:a:python-markdown2_project:python-markdown2:1.1.1
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cpe:2.3:a:python-markdown2_project:python-markdown2:1.2.0
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cpe:2.3:a:python-markdown2_project:python-markdown2:1.3.0
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cpe:2.3:a:python-markdown2_project:python-markdown2:1.3.1
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cpe:2.3:a:python-markdown2_project:python-markdown2:1.4.0
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cpe:2.3:a:python-markdown2_project:python-markdown2:1.4.1
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cpe:2.3:a:python-markdown2_project:python-markdown2:1.4.2
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cpe:2.3:a:python-markdown2_project:python-markdown2:2.0.0
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cpe:2.3:a:python-markdown2_project:python-markdown2:2.0.1
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cpe:2.3:a:python-markdown2_project:python-markdown2:2.1.0
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cpe:2.3:a:python-markdown2_project:python-markdown2:2.2.0
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cpe:2.3:a:python-markdown2_project:python-markdown2:2.2.1
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cpe:2.3:a:python-markdown2_project:python-markdown2:2.2.2
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cpe:2.3:a:python-markdown2_project:python-markdown2:2.2.3
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cpe:2.3:a:python-markdown2_project:python-markdown2:2.3.0
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cpe:2.3:a:python-markdown2_project:python-markdown2:2.3.1
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cpe:2.3:a:python-markdown2_project:python-markdown2:2.3.2
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cpe:2.3:a:python-markdown2_project:python-markdown2:2.3.3
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cpe:2.3:a:python-markdown2_project:python-markdown2:2.3.4
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cpe:2.3:a:python-markdown2_project:python-markdown2:2.3.5