CVE-2017-16019

MEDIUM

GitBook < 3.2.2 - Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Ebook Code Injection

Title source: llm

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.

References (2)

Core 2

Core References

Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc

https://nodesecurity.io/advisories/159

Exploit, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc

https://github.com/GitbookIO/gitbook/issues/1609

Scores

CVSS v3 6.1

EPSS 0.0094

EPSS Percentile 57.1%

Attack Vector NETWORK

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

Details

CWE

CWE-79

Status published

Products (2)

gitbook/gitbook < 3.2.2

npm/gitbook 0 - 3.2.2npm

Published Jun 04, 2018

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026