PT-2018-6049 · Gitbook · Gitbook

Bkimminich · Published 2018-06-04 · Updated 2020-09-01 · CVE-2017-16019

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

6.1

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: GitBook versions prior to 3.2.2

Description: The issue allows for Stored Cross-Site-Scripting (XSS) by including code outside of backticks in any ebook, which will be executed on the online reader. This is due to improper sanitization of user input outside of backticks.

Recommendations: Update to version 3.2.2 or later. As a temporary workaround, consider avoiding the use of code outside of backticks in ebooks until the issue is resolved.

Exploit

Fix

XSS

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-79

Related Identifiers

CVE-2017-16019

GHSA-5H5R-23R4-M87H

Affected Products

Gitbook

References · 7

• 🔥 https://github.com/GitbookIO/gitbook/issues/1609 · Exploit
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-16019 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-5h5r-23r4-m87h · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2017-16019 · Vendor Advisory
• https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-16019 · Note
• https://npmjs.com/advisories/159 · Note
• https://nodesecurity.io/advisories/159 · Note