CVE - CVE-2020-26297

CVE-ID
CVE-2020-26297	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • CVSS Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings • CPE Information
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.
References
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CONFIRM:https://github.com/rust-lang/mdBook/security/advisories/GHSA-gx5w-rrhp-f436 URL:https://github.com/rust-lang/mdBook/security/advisories/GHSA-gx5w-rrhp-f436 MISC:https://crates.io/crates/mdbook URL:https://crates.io/crates/mdbook MISC:https://github.com/rust-lang/mdBook/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md#mdbook-045 URL:https://github.com/rust-lang/mdBook/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md#mdbook-045 MISC:https://github.com/rust-lang/mdBook/commit/32abeef088e98327ca0dfccdad92e84afa9d2e9b URL:https://github.com/rust-lang/mdBook/commit/32abeef088e98327ca0dfccdad92e84afa9d2e9b MISC:https://groups.google.com/g/rustlang-security-announcements/c/3-sO6of29O0 URL:https://groups.google.com/g/rustlang-security-announcements/c/3-sO6of29O0
Assigning CNA
GitHub (maintainer security advisories)
Date Record Created
20201001	Disclaimer: The record creation date may reflect when the CVE ID was allocated or reserved, and does not necessarily indicate when this vulnerability was discovered, shared with the affected vendor, publicly disclosed, or updated in CVE.
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Assigned (20201001)
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