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CVE-2017-16019
GitBook is a command line tool (and Node.js library) for building beautiful books using GitHub/Git and Markdown (or AsciiDoc). Stored…
Medium6.1EPSS 0.92%
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- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- hackerone
Description
GitBook is a command line tool (and Node.js library) for building beautiful books using GitHub/Git and Markdown (or AsciiDoc). Stored Cross-Site-Scripting (XSS) is possible in GitBook before 3.2.2 by including code outside of backticks in any ebook. This code will be executed on the online reader.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.0 | Medium6.1 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.92% · top 40% of all CVEs (3 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 6.1.
Weakness
Affected products
HackerOne · gitbook node module
- affected <3.2.2
Affected packages
From reviewed advisories of the GitHub Advisory Database.
- npmgitbookGHSA-5h5r-23r4-m87h (opens in a new tab)
References (2)
- https://nodesecurity.io/advisories/159 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://github.com/GitbookIO/gitbook/issues/1609 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisory GHSA-5h5r-23r4-m87h (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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