CVE-2017-16876 is a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the mistune.py module of Mistune versions prior to 0.8.1, affecting products like Fedora. This flaw allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML by manipulating the "key" argument due to insufficient escaping. Rated as Medium severity (CVSS 6.1), it requires user interaction and could lead to limited confidentiality and integrity impacts. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this vulnerability.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 0.8.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:mistune_project:mistune:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
26CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:26:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
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