CVE-2014-3743 Multiple Content Injection Vulnerabilities in marked
Remote attackers can inject arbitrary web script or HTML via GFM codeblocks or JavaScript URLs in the Marked module.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2014-3743?
CVE-2014-3743 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in n/a, published on 6 Jan 2020. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in the Marked module before 0.3.1 for Node.js allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via vectors related to (1) gfm codeblocks (language) or (2) javascript url's.
Weakness: CWE-79
Which versions are affected by CVE-2014-3743?
2 open source packages ship an affected version, including marked. It affects 1 product.
| Package | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
marked npm | All versions | 0.3.1 |
marked npm | All versions | 0.3.1 |
Products include Marked Project Marked.
How do I fix CVE-2014-3743?
Upgrade marked to 0.3.1 or later.
Escape output for the context it lands in and set a strict Content Security Policy. Upgrading the affected component is the real fix. More about Cross-site scripting.
Is CVE-2014-3743 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2014-3743 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in n/a
- CVE-2026-41680 Marked: OOM Denial of Service via Infinite Recursion in marked Tokenizer
- CVE-2017-16114 Regular Expression Denial of Service in marked
- CVE-2018-25110 Regular Expression Denial of Service (ReDoS) in markedjs/marked
- CVE-2016-10531 Sanitization bypass using HTML Entities in marked
- CVE-2017-1000427 Marked vulnerable to XSS from data URIs
Sources
Also known as CVE-2014-1850, DEBIAN-CVE-2014-3743, GHSA-9cw2-jqp5-7x39.