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GHSA-V39M-5M9J-M9W9

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2025-09-29 16:29 – Updated: 2025-09-30 15:15

Summary

mkdocs-include-markdown-plugin susceptible to unvalidated input colliding with substitution placeholders

Details

Impact

CWE-20: Improper Input Validation Low impact

Patches

Patched in v7.1.8 (commit https://github.com/mondeja/mkdocs-include-markdown-plugin/commit/7466d67aa0de8ffbc427204ad2475fed07678915)

Workarounds

Severity

6.5 (Medium)


                  
                    CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L

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  "modified": "2025-09-30T15:15:20Z",
  "published": "2025-09-29T16:29:07Z",
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    },
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  ],
  "summary": "mkdocs-include-markdown-plugin susceptible to unvalidated input colliding with substitution placeholders "
}

CVE-2025-59940 (GCVE-0-2025-59940)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-09-29 22:27 – Updated: 2025-09-30 14:34

Title

mkdocs-include-markdown-plugin susceptible to unvalidated input colliding with substitution placeholders

Summary

mkdocs-include-markdown-plugin is an Mkdocs Markdown includer plugin. In versions 7.1.7 and below, there is a vulnerability where unvalidated input can collide with substitution placeholders. This issue is fixed in version 7.1.8.

Severity

6.5 (Medium)


                        
                          CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L

SSVC

Exploitation: none Automatable: yes Technical Impact: partial

CISA Coordinator (v2.0.3)

CWE

CWE-20 - Improper Input Validation

Assigner

GitHub_M

References

4 references

URL	Tags
https://github.com/mondeja/mkdocs-include-markdow…	x_refsource_CONFIRM
https://github.com/mondeja/mkdocs-include-markdow…	x_refsource_MISC
https://github.com/mondeja/mkdocs-include-markdow…	x_refsource_MISC
https://github.com/mondeja/mkdocs-include-markdow…	x_refsource_MISC

Impacted products

1 product

Vendor	Product	Version
mondeja	mkdocs-include-markdown-plugin	Affected: < 7.1.8

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Sightings

Author	Source	Type	Date	Other

Nomenclature

Seen: The vulnerability was mentioned, discussed, or observed by the user.
Confirmed: The vulnerability has been validated from an analyst's perspective.
Published Proof of Concept: A public proof of concept is available for this vulnerability.
Exploited: The vulnerability was observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Patched: The vulnerability was observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
Not exploited: The vulnerability was not observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Not confirmed: The user expressed doubt about the validity of the vulnerability.
Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.

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