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Medium
CVE-2017-16019
GitBook is a command line tool (and Node.js library) for...
Vulnerability Description
GitBook is a command line tool (and Node.js library) for building beautiful books using GitHub/Git and Markdown (or AsciiDoc). Stored Cross-Site-Scripting (XSS) is possible in GitBook before 3.2.2 by including code outside of backticks in any ebook. This code will be executed on the online reader.
Impact Analysis
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Remediation
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gitbook node module
Vulnerable Versions:
<3.2.2
Timeline
Official Publish:
June 4th, 2018
Last Modified:
September 16th, 2024
Added to House:
July 20th, 2026
CVSS Vectors
V3:
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N