01 Record
CVE-2025-59940
mkdocs-include-markdown-plugin susceptible to unvalidated input colliding with substitution placeholders
MediumPUBLISHEDCNA: GitHub_M
CNA base score6.5 CVSS v3.xCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L
02 Description
mkdocs-include-markdown-plugin susceptible to unvalidated input colliding with substitution placeholders
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Assessed, none found. CISA's assessment recorded neither public exploit code nor evidence of exploitation when it was made.
- SSVC decision
- ExploitationnoneCISA recorded no public exploit code and no evidence of exploitation.
- AutomatableyesAn attacker can reliably automate reconnaissance through exploitation, so this scales.
- Technical ImpactpartialSuccessful exploitation gives limited control of the vulnerable component.
- EPSS probability
- 0.34% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 27.3% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 6.5 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L
- NVD analysis status
- Deferred. NVD last modified this record on 2026-10-09.
- Red Hat severity
- Moderate. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
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
- 2025-09-29 22:27Z1 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2025-09-30 14:34Z1 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2025-09-23
- Assigning CNA
- GitHub_M
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Medium (CVSS 6.5)
- CNA CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L
- Weaknesses
- CWE-20Improper Input ValidationClass
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 400573a826bd500ac6ec93eaac488bf7cb8c62f1793d64d792b057be1507299e
05 Affected products
VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
06 References
- github.comhttps://github.com/mondeja/mkdocs-include-markdown-plugin/security/advisories/GHSA-v39m-5m9j-m9w9
- github.comhttps://github.com/mondeja/mkdocs-include-markdown-plugin/issues/274
- github.comhttps://github.com/mondeja/mkdocs-include-markdown-plugin/pull/277
- github.comhttps://github.com/mondeja/mkdocs-include-markdown-plugin/commit/7466d67aa0de8ffbc427204ad2475fed07678915