CVE-2020-11888

unknown
Published 2020-04-22 · Modified 2023-11-08
CVSS v3
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
CVSS v2
VIR risk

Description

python-markdown2 through 2.3.8 allows XSS because element names are mishandled unless a \w+ match succeeds. For example, an attack might use elementname@ or elementname- with an onclick attribute.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
30%
Patch ETA

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2020-11888

OS impact

OSVersionStatusFixed in
debian debianbookwormfixed2.3.9-1
debian debianbullseyefixed2.3.9-1
debian debianforkyfixed2.3.9-1
debian debiansidfixed2.3.9-1
debian debiantrixiefixed2.3.9-1

Package impact

EcosystemPackageVulnerableFixed
python PyPImarkdown2<2.3.92.3.9

References

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.