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
06 References
- github.comhttps://github.com/rust-lang/mdBook/security/advisories/GHSA-gx5w-rrhp-f436
- groups.google.comhttps://groups.google.com/g/rustlang-security-announcements/c/3-sO6of29O0
- crates.iohttps://crates.io/crates/mdbook
- github.comhttps://github.com/rust-lang/mdBook/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md#mdbook-045
- github.comhttps://github.com/rust-lang/mdBook/commit/32abeef088e98327ca0dfccdad92e84afa9d2e9b
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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