VulnerabilityDeferred
CVE-2024-42515
Glossarizer through 1.5.2 improperly tries to convert text into HTML.
CRITICAL 9.9EPSS 0.47%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.47%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
Glossarizer through 1.5.2 improperly tries to convert text into HTML. Even though the application itself escapes special characters (e.g., <>), the underlying library converts these encoded characters into legitimate HTML, thereby possibly causing stored XSS. Attackers can append a XSS payload to a word that has a corresponding glossary entry.
- CVSS 3.1
- 9.9 CRITICALCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:H/A:L
- EPSS
- 0.47% probability · 40th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-79
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.