CVE-2020-19952 describes a Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Rendering Engine of the jbt Markdown Editor, affecting versions up to commit 2252418c27dffbb35147acd8ed324822b8919477. This medium-severity vulnerability (CVSS 6.1) allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by tricking a user into opening a malicious .md file or via a crafted payload. While no public exploits, Metasploit modules, or Nuclei templates are available, and there's no evidence of active exploitation or significant community discussion, the potential for client-side code execution remains.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 2019-10-27CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:jbt:live_\(github-flavored\)_markdown_editor:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
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