Cross-site scripting in GitBook - CVE-2017-16019
Published: June 4, 2018 / Updated: July 17, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU31289
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2017-16019
CWE-ID: CWE-79
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: GitBook
Affected software:
GitBook
GitBook
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to read and manipulate data.
GitBook is a command line tool (and Node.js library) for building beautiful books using GitHub/Git and Markdown (or AsciiDoc). Stored Cross-Site-Scripting (XSS) is possible in GitBook before 3.2.2 by including code outside of backticks in any ebook. This code will be executed on the online reader.
How to mitigate CVE-2017-16019
Install update from vendor's website.