CVE-2018-1999024
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Published: July 23, 2018 at 04:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 01:48 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorMathjax
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 1%
Description
MathJax version prior to version 2.7.4 contains a Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the \unicode{} macro that can result in Potentially untrusted Javascript running within a web browser. This attack appear to be exploitable via The victim must view a page where untrusted content is processed using Mathjax. This vulnerability appears to have been fixed in 2.7.4 and later.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
References (2)
x_refsource_MISCExploitThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://blog.bentkowski.info/2018/06/xss-in-google-colaboratory-csp-bypass.htmlx_refsource_CONFIRMPatchThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://github.com/mathjax/MathJax/commit/a55da396c18cafb767a26aa9ad96f6f4199852f1Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-79
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