CVE-2018-1999024
medium
CVSS v3
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CVSS v2
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VIR risk
5.5
Description
MathJax version prior to version 2.7.4 contains a Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the \unicode{} macro that can result in Potentially untrusted Javascript running within a web browser. This attack appear to be exploitable via The victim must view a page where untrusted content is processed using Mathjax. This vulnerability appears to have been fixed in 2.7.4 and later.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
30%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2018-1999024
OS impact
| OS | Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| arch | fixed | 2.7.4-1 | |
| debian | bookworm | fixed | 2.7.4+dfsg-1 |
| debian | bullseye | fixed | 2.7.4+dfsg-1 |
| debian | forky | fixed | 2.7.4+dfsg-1 |
| debian | sid | fixed | 2.7.4+dfsg-1 |
| debian | trixie | fixed | 2.7.4+dfsg-1 |
Package impact
| Ecosystem | Package | Vulnerable | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| npm | mathjax | <2.7.4 | 2.7.4 |
References
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-1999024
- https://github.com/mathjax/MathJax/commit/a55da396c18cafb767a26aa9ad96f6f4199852f1
- https://blog.bentkowski.info/2018/06/xss-in-google-colaboratory-csp-bypass.html
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-3c48-6pcv-88rm
- https://github.com/mathjax/MathJax
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2018-1999024
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.