FKIE_CVE-2024-28245

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2024-03-25 20:15 - Updated: 2025-09-02 13:28
Severity ?
6.3 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
6.1 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Summary
KaTeX is a JavaScript library for TeX math rendering on the web. KaTeX users who render untrusted mathematical expressions could encounter malicious input using `\includegraphics` that runs arbitrary JavaScript, or generate invalid HTML. Upgrade to KaTeX v0.16.10 to remove this vulnerability.
References
security-advisories@github.comhttps://github.com/KaTeX/KaTeX/commit/c5897fcd1f73da9612a53e6b5544f1d776e17770Patch
security-advisories@github.comhttps://github.com/KaTeX/KaTeX/security/advisories/GHSA-f98w-7cxr-ff2hThird Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://github.com/KaTeX/KaTeX/commit/c5897fcd1f73da9612a53e6b5544f1d776e17770Patch
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://github.com/KaTeX/KaTeX/security/advisories/GHSA-f98w-7cxr-ff2hThird Party Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
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  "lastModified": "2025-09-02T13:28:43.090",
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