What is the CVSS score of CVE-2019-9844?

CVE-2019-9844 has a CVSS 3.0 base score of 6.1 (Medium). CVSS vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N. EPSS exploitation probability: 1.3%.

Is there a patch available for CVE-2019-9844?

Yes, a patch is available for CVE-2019-9844. Update the affected software to the latest version immediately.

Simple Markdown CVE-2019-9844

MEDIUM

Cross-site Scripting (XSS) (CWE-79)

2019-04-09 cve@mitre.org

XSS Simple Markdown Fedora

6.1

CVSS 3.0 · NVD

Severity by source

NVD PRIMARY

6.1 MEDIUM

AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Primary rating from NVD · only source for this CVE.

CVSS VectorNVD

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

Required

Scope

Changed

Confidentiality

Low

Integrity

Low

Availability

None

Lifecycle Timeline

CVE Published

Apr 09, 2019 - 02:29 nvd

MEDIUM 6.1

Blast Radius

ecosystem impact

† from your stack dependencies † transitive graph · vuln.today resolves 4-path depth

15 npm packages depend on simple-markdown (10 direct, 5 indirect)

Ecosystem-wide dependent count for version 0.4.4.

DescriptionNVD

simple-markdown.js in Khan Academy simple-markdown before 0.4.4 allows XSS via a data: or vbscript: URI.

AnalysisAI

simple-markdown.js in Khan Academy simple-markdown before 0.4.4 allows XSS via a data: or vbscript: URI. Rated medium severity (CVSS 6.1), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Technical ContextAI

This vulnerability is classified as Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) (CWE-79), which allows attackers to inject malicious scripts into web pages viewed by other users. simple-markdown.js in Khan Academy simple-markdown before 0.4.4 allows XSS via a data: or vbscript: URI. Affected products include: Khanacademy Simple-Markdown, Fedoraproject Fedora. Version information: before 0.4.4.

RemediationAI

No vendor patch is available at time of analysis. Monitor vendor advisories for updates. Sanitize all user input, use Content-Security-Policy headers, encode output contextually (HTML, JS, URL). Use frameworks with built-in XSS protection.