CVE-2017-11593

6.1 mediumEPSS 0.8%

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Markdown Preview Plus extension before 0.5.7 for Chrome allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML into some web applications via the upload and display of crafted text, markdown, or rst files that are designed to be viewed in the browser as plain text, but that will be converted to HTML without proper sanitization.

Severity

CVSS 3.0

6.1 medium

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

EPSS: 0.8% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 55% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
CWE: CWE-79
Published: 2017-07-24
Modified: 2026-06-17
Record from: the NVD, synced 2026-10-19

Affected

ooso:markdown_preview_plus

References

https://github.com/volca/markdown-preview/commit/1181f044a5457d5e1ac35804ecd84e05977f1920
https://github.com/volca/markdown-preview/issues/60
https://github.com/volca/markdown-preview/commit/1181f044a5457d5e1ac35804ecd84e05977f1920
https://github.com/volca/markdown-preview/issues/60

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