CVE-2024-28245

KaTeX's \includegraphics does not escape filename

State: Published
Severity: 6.3 Medium
Published: Mar 25, 2024
Updated: Aug 2, 2024
Reserved: Mar 7, 2024

Description

KaTeX is a JavaScript library for TeX math rendering on the web. KaTeX users who render untrusted mathematical expressions could encounter malicious input using `\includegraphics` that runs arbitrary JavaScript, or generate invalid HTML. Upgrade to KaTeX v0.16.10 to remove this vulnerability.

Scores

CVSS	Score	Vector	Source
3.1	6.3 Medium	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L	GitHub_M

Weaknesses

CWE-116 Improper Encoding or Escaping of Output

Affected Products

Product	Versions
KaTeXKaTeX	>= 0.11.0, < 0.6.10Affected

References

https://github.com/KaTeX/KaTeX/security/advisories/GHSA-f98w-7cxr-ff2h
https://github.com/KaTeX/KaTeX/commit/c5897fcd1f73da9612a53e6b5544f1d776e17770

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