CVE-2018-1999024 (GCVE-0-2018-1999024)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2018-07-23 16:00 – Updated: 2024-09-16 22:46
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Summary
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.
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