CVE-2020-26297

XSS in mdBook's search page

Published: Jan 4, 2021Updated: Nov 21, 2024 Sources: CVE List NVD GHSACWE-79

8.2HIGH

Description

mdBook is a utility to create modern online books from Markdown files and is written in Rust. In mdBook before version 0.4.5, there is a vulnerability affecting the search feature of mdBook, which could allow an attacker to execute arbitrary JavaScript code on the page. The search feature of mdBook (introduced in version 0.1.4) was affected by a cross site scripting vulnerability that allowed an attacker to execute arbitrary JavaScript code on an user's browser by tricking the user into typing a malicious search query, or tricking the user into clicking a link to the search page with the malicious search query prefilled. mdBook 0.4.5 fixes the vulnerability by properly escaping the search query. Owners of websites built with mdBook have to upgrade to mdBook 0.4.5 or greater and rebuild their website contents with it.

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CVSS Vector Breakdown

Exploitability

AV:NAttack Vector

Network

AC:LAttack Complexity

Low

PR:NPrivileges Required

None

UI:RUser Interaction

Required

Scope

S:CScope

Changed

Impact

C:LConfidentiality

Low

I:HIntegrity

High

A:NAvailability

None

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Weaknesses

CWE-79

Affected Products

rust-lang

oss-projectaka rust, async-h1, cargo

mdBookLibrary

OSS Libraries / generic-library

crates.io

package-ecosystem

mdBook

OSS Libraries

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Exploitability

Official Patch Available

Workaround Available

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MITRE ATT&CK

2 techniques

Execution

Initial Access

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References

https://github.com/rust-lang/mdBook/security/advisories/GHSA-gx5w-rrhp-f436

github.com

https://groups.google.com/g/rustlang-security-announcements/c/3-sO6of29O0

groups.google.com

https://crates.io/crates/mdbook

crates.io

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