CVE Vulnerability

CVE-2021-38186

An issue was discovered in the comrak crate before 0.10.1 for Rust. It mishandles & characters, leading to XSS via &# HTML entities.

4.3 /10

CVSS v2.0 :

V3 Legend

Vector :

Exploitability : 8.6 / Impact : 2.9

Attack Vector

Attack Complexity

Privileges Required

User Interaction

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact PARTIAL

Availability Impact NONE

Scope

6.1 /10

CVSS v3.0 : MEDIUM

V3 Legend

Vector :

Exploitability : 2.8 / Impact : 2.7

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction REQUIRED

Confidentiality Impact LOW

Integrity Impact LOW

Availability Impact NONE

Scope CHANGED

References
Link Resource
https://rustsec.org/advisories/RUSTSEC-2021-0063.html Exploit Issue Tracking
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/rustsec/advisory-db/main/crates/comrak/RUSTSEC-2021-0063.md Third Party Advisory
Configurations

Configuration 1

cpe:2.3:a:comrak_project:comrak:*:*:*:*:*:rust:*:*
Information

Published : 2021-08-08 06:15

Updated : 2021-08-14 04:20

NVD link : CVE-2021-38186

Mitre link : CVE-2021-38186

Products Affected
No products.
CWE
CWE-79