{"cve":"CVE-2017-16019","nvd":{"published":"2018-06-04T19:29:01.193","modified":"2026-06-17T01:08:39.117","status":"Modified","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.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.0","vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N","score":6.1},"cwes":["CWE-79"],"references":["https://github.com/GitbookIO/gitbook/issues/1609","https://nodesecurity.io/advisories/159","https://github.com/GitbookIO/gitbook/issues/1609","https://nodesecurity.io/advisories/159"],"products":["gitbook:gitbook"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T20:50:40.212176939+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2017-16019","score":0.00922,"percentile":0.60357,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[{"id":"GHSA-5h5r-23r4-m87h","url":"https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-5h5r-23r4-m87h","summary":"Cross-Site Scripting in gitbook","modified":"2023-11-08T03:59:00.012902Z","packages":[{"ecosystem":"npm","name":"gitbook","purl":"pkg:npm/gitbook","ranges":["<3.2.2"],"fixed":["3.2.2"]}]}],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}