CVE-2021-38186

CVSS V2 Medium 4.3 CVSS V3 Medium 6.1
Description
An issue was discovered in the comrak crate before 0.10.1 for Rust. It mishandles & characters, leading to XSS via &# HTML entities.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2021-38186
  • Assigner
  • cve@mitre.org
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Analyzed
  • Published Version
  • 2021-08-08T06:15:08
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2021-08-14T16:20:39
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
cpe:2.3:a:comrak_project:comrak:*:*:*:*:*:rust:*:* 1 OR 0.10.1
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
  • Access Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Access Compatibility
  • MEDIUM
  • Authentication
  • NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • NONE
  • Integrity Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Availability Impact
  • NONE
  • Base Score
  • 4.3
  • Severity
  • MEDIUM
  • Exploitability Score
  • 8.6
  • Impact Score
  • 2.9
CVSS Version 3
  • Version
  • 3.1
  • Vector String
  • CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
  • Attack Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Attack Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Privileges Required
  • NONE
  • User Interaction
  • REQUIRED
  • Scope
  • CHANGED
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • LOW
  • Availability Impact
  • NONE
  • Base Score
  • 6.1
  • Base Severity
  • MEDIUM
  • Exploitability Score
  • 2.8
  • Impact Score
  • 2.7
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
https://rustsec.org/advisories/RUSTSEC-2021-0063.html Exploit Issue Tracking Patch Third Party Advisory
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/rustsec/advisory-db/main/crates/comrak/RUSTSEC-2021-0063.md Third Party Advisory
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 06:57:11 Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-05 07:40:11 2021-08-08T06:15Z 2021-08-08T06:15:08 CVE Published Date updated
2022-12-05 07:40:11 2021-08-14T16:20:39 CVE Modified Date updated
2022-12-05 07:40:11 Analyzed Vulnerability Status updated