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01 Record

CVE-2017-16876

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the _keyify function in mistune.py in Mistune before 0.8.1 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML by leveraging failure to escape

UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: mitre
CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector

02 Description

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the _keyify function in mistune.py in Mistune before 0.8.1 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML by leveraging failure to escape

03 Exploitation and scoring

Exploitation
Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
SSVC decision
Not assessed by CISA
EPSS probability
2.23% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
EPSS percentile
Equal to or higher than the score of 82.6% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
NVD base score
6.1 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
NVD CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
NVD analysis status
Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
Red Hat severity
No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.

Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.

04 Metadata

Published
2017-12-29 15:00Z8 YR AGO
Last updated
2024-08-05 20:35Z2 YR AGO
Reserved
2017-11-17
Assigning CNA
mitre
Record state
PUBLISHED
Severity
Not rated by the issuing CNA
CNA CVSS vector
Not published by the issuing CNA
Weaknesses
  • CWE-79Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')Base
Data version
5.1
Document digest
b62c97bdcefdaae6a24fbf7b4471df9c02316fb99c090f3504edc3dd5f863b51

05 Affected products

VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
fedoraprojectfedoraNot specified—
mistune_projectmistuneNot specified—

06 References

07 Fixed in

Debian 12

  • mistune
    Fixed in 0.8.1-1

Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.

Debian 13

  • mistune
    Fixed in 0.8.1-1

Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.

Debian 14

  • mistune
    Fixed in 0.8.1-1

Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS

  • mistune
    No fix yet

Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.

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