Medium severity · published Aug 21, 2025
CVE-2025-7969
Markdown-it 14.1.0 - Cross-site scripting (XSS)
6.1
CVSS
0.3%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation (XSS or 'Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in markdown-it allows Cross-Site Scripting (XSS). This vulnerability is associated with program files lib/renderer.mjs.
This issue affects markdown-it: 14.1.0. NOTE: the Supplier does not consider this issue to be a vulnerability.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
Low
Availability
None
Scope
Changed
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.3% · higher than 17% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
MA
markdown-it · markdown-it
14.1.0 · source: vendor, NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-7969
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-7969
Exploit
https://fluidattacks.com/advisories/fito
Product
https://github.com/markdown-it/markdown-it
Issue Tracking
https://github.com/markdown-it/markdown-it/issues/1122
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