CVE-2026-59711

MEDIUM
MEDIUM Priority: 0.01 BB Relevance: 61/100
Published: 2026-07-06 Modified: 2026-10-25 First seen: 2026-10-29 Status: active

Attack Surface

Network Low Complexity No Auth

CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV: Network
AC: Low
PR: None
UI: Passive
S: X
AT: None
VC: Low
VI: Low
VA: None

Description

showdown contains a cross-site scripting vulnerability in metadata title handling that allows attackers to inject arbitrary HTML and JavaScript. When completeHTMLDocument option is enabled, unescaped less-than and greater-than characters in markdown frontmatter metadata are inserted directly into HTML title tags, enabling attackers to break out of the title context and execute malicious scripts in the rendered page.

Weakness Classification (1)

Bug Bounty Relevance

61 / 100
✓ Network accessible
✓ No authentication
✓ Low complexity

CVSS Score

5.3 / 10.0 v4.0
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X

EPSS — Exploitation Probability

0.23%
Raw Score 0.002300
Percentile 13.8%
Date 2026-10-29

EPSS Trend

2026-10-29
0.00230
2026-10-28
0.00230

Intelligence Sources

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