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CVE-2020-28459

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2020-28459 is a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability affecting all versions of the markdown-it-decorate package, allowing an attacker to inject malicious event handlers or javascript:xxx links. With a CVSS score of 6.1 (Medium), this vulnerability requires user interaction and can lead to limited confidentiality and integrity impacts. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion, suggesting a low current threat level.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
All Versions ImpactedCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:markdown-it-decorate_project:markdown-it-decorate:*:*:*:*:*:node.js:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

7.3HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
LOW
Integrity Impact
LOW
Availability Impact
LOW
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
3.4
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.57%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
43.8%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0057 is in the 47th percentile among its peer group of 26,234 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Vendor Advisories (1)

npmGHSA-rhf5-2378-3w3wmedium

markdown-it-decorate vulnerable to cross-site scripting (XSS)

Jul 19, 2022

References

security.snyk.io / vuln/SNYK-JS-MARKDOWNITDECORATE-1044068
ExploitThird Party Advisory