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01 Record

CVE-2020-26297

XSS in mdBook's search page

HighPUBLISHEDCNA: GitHub_M
CNA base score8.2 CVSS v3.xCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:H/A:N

02 Description

XSS in mdBook's search page

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
1.27% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
EPSS percentile
Equal to or higher than the score of 69.2% 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:3.1/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
2021-01-04 18:45Z5 YR AGO
Last updated
2024-08-04 15:56Z2 YR AGO
Reserved
2020-10-01
Assigning CNA
GitHub_M
Record state
PUBLISHED
Severity
High (CVSS 8.2)
CNA CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:H/A:N
Weaknesses
  • CWE-79Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')Base
Data version
5.1
Document digest
5e60e2ebcfea20633e2bff76479b6c3d080a99f9ca730c7fa5520944db051acb

05 Affected products

VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
rust-langmdBook< 0.4.5—

06 References

07 Fixed in

Arch Linux

  • mdbook
    Fixed in 0.4.5-1

Source: Arch Linux Security Tracker, the Arch Linux security team. Reformatted by exploit.cc.

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