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Advisories for paste-markdown_project

CVE-2021-37700 MEDIUM

@github/paste-markdown is an npm package for pasting markdown objects. A self Cross-Site Scripting vulnerability exists in the @github/paste-markdown before version 0.3.4. If the clipboard data contains the string `<table>`, a **div** is dynamically created, and the clipboard content is copied into its **innerHTML** property without any sanitization, resulting in improper execution of JavaScript in the browser of the victim (the user who pasted the code). Users directed to copy text from a malicious website and paste it into pages that utilize this library are affected. This is fixed in version 0.3.4. Refer the to the referenced GitHub Advisory for more details including an example exploit.

CVSS 3.x

Source Score Severity Vector Exploitability Impact
nvd@nist.gov 6.1 MEDIUM CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N 2.8 2.7
security-advisories@github.com 6.5 MEDIUM CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N 2.8 3.6

CVSS 2.0

Severity: MEDIUM

Problem Type: CWE-79,

Products Affected

Vendor Product Version
paste-markdown_project paste-markdown *