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Status published
Medium
CVE-2017-16876
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the _keyify function in mistune.py...
Vulnerability Description
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the _keyify function in mistune.py in Mistune before 0.8.1 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML by leveraging failure to escape the "key" argument.
Impact Analysis
Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.
Remediation
Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.
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Credits & Attribution
No credits recorded in the NVD database.
References
- https://github.com/lepture/mistune/blob/master/CHANGES.rst
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/NUR3GMHQBMA3UC4PFMCK6GCLOQC4LQQC/
- https://github.com/lepture/mistune/commit/5f06d724bc05580e7f203db2d4a4905fc1127f98
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1524596
Affected Vendor
mistune project
View all reports →Affected Software
mistune, fedora
Vulnerable Versions:
0, 26
Timeline
Official Publish:
December 29th, 2017
Last Modified:
August 5th, 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
Weaknesses (CWE)
No CWE data available
MITRE ATT&CK TTPs
No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.