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Fencer Vulns
medium 6.3

CVE-2024-28245 json

KaTeX's \includegraphics does not escape filename

published 2024-03-25 2 y ago modified 2026-09-10 1 mo ago also GHSA-f98w-7cxr-ff2h , EUVD-2024-0914

cvss
6.3
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.4%
EPSS 0.4% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 35%
public exploits
0
none known

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.

Patch / fix

  • npm katex 0.16.10
  • KaTeX KaTeX 0.16.10
  • node-katex Debian 14, Debian 13 0.16.10+~cs6.1.0-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2024-28245

  • node-katex Ubuntu Pro 22.04 LTS 0.13.11+~cs6.0.0-2ubuntu0.1~esm1

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2024-28245

Ubuntu security data © Canonical Ltd., from https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2024-28245 updated cvss 6.3

katex: runs arbitrary JavaScript, or generate invalid HTML

  • Red Hat All currently supported Red Hat products
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

CISA SSVC

Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical impact
total
Assessed
2 y ago

Exploit prediction

0.41% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 35% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 3.1 6.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
NVD 3.1 6.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
GitHub 3.1 6.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

Affected packages

ecosystem package affected fixed in
npm katex
>=0.11.0, <0.16.10
0.16.10

Affected products

  • KaTeX KaTeX

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-116 Improper Encoding or Escaping of Output

References

Sources

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