{"id":"CVE-2017-11593","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2017-11593","generatedAt":"2026-10-28T22:41:46.925Z","title":"Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Markdown Preview Plus extension before 0.5.7 for Chrome allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML into some web applications via the upload and display of crafted text, markdown, or…","description":"Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Markdown Preview Plus extension before 0.5.7 for Chrome allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML into some web applications via the upload and display of crafted text, markdown, or rst files that are designed to be viewed in the browser as plain text, but that will be converted to HTML without proper sanitization.","published":"2017-07-24T01:29:01.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T01:02:04.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"cve@mitre.org","cvss":{"version":"3.0","score":6.1,"severity":"MEDIUM","vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N"},"cwe":["CWE-79"],"affected":["ooso/markdown preview plus"],"epss":{"score":0.00764,"percentile":0.55196,"date":"2026-10-27","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"low","text":"Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.76%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"https://github.com/volca/markdown-preview/commit/1181f044a5457d5e1ac35804ecd84e05977f1920","tags":["Patch","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://github.com/volca/markdown-preview/issues/60","tags":["Exploit","Issue Tracking","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://github.com/volca/markdown-preview/commit/1181f044a5457d5e1ac35804ecd84e05977f1920","tags":["Patch","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://github.com/volca/markdown-preview/issues/60","tags":["Exploit","Issue Tracking","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-11593","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}