FKIE_CVE-2026-28405

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2026-03-05 21:16 - Updated: 2026-06-17 10:28
Severity
8.0 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
5.4 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Summary
MarkUs is a web application for the submission and grading of student assignments. Prior to version 2.9.1, the courses/<:course_id>/assignments/<:assignment_id>/submissions/html_content route reads the contents of a student-submitted file and renders them without sanitization. This issue has been patched in version 2.9.1.
References
security-advisories@github.comhttps://github.com/MarkUsProject/Markus/commit/55d74f2ddb72d2ec2f29aa2b4cb6b2da10755036Patch
security-advisories@github.comhttps://github.com/MarkUsProject/Markus/releases/tag/v2.9.1Release Notes
security-advisories@github.comhttps://github.com/MarkUsProject/Markus/security/advisories/GHSA-p5pc-pxrj-3893Vendor Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
markusproject markus *
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  "lastModified": "2026-06-17T10:28:33.670",
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