VulnerabilityAnalyzed
CVE-2024-28245
KaTeX users who render untrusted mathematical expressions could encounter malicious input using `\includegraphics` that runs arbitrary JavaScript, or generate invalid HTML.
MEDIUM 6.1EPSS 0.41%
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.41%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
KaTeX is a JavaScript library for TeX math rendering on the web. KaTeX users who render untrusted mathematical expressions could encounter malicious input using `\includegraphics` that runs arbitrary JavaScript, or generate invalid HTML. Upgrade to KaTeX v0.16.10 to remove this vulnerability.
- CVSS 3.1
- 6.1 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
- EPSS
- 0.41% probability · 34th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-116
- Affected
- katex/katex
- Source
- security-advisories@github.com
References
- https://github.com/KaTeX/KaTeX/commit/c5897fcd1f73da9612a53e6b5544f1d776e17770Patch
- https://github.com/KaTeX/KaTeX/security/advisories/GHSA-f98w-7cxr-ff2hThird Party Advisory
- https://github.com/KaTeX/KaTeX/commit/c5897fcd1f73da9612a53e6b5544f1d776e17770Patch
- https://github.com/KaTeX/KaTeX/security/advisories/GHSA-f98w-7cxr-ff2hThird Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.