GHSA-7cf7-9wrr-vrf4

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Source
https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-7cf7-9wrr-vrf4
Import Source
https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2025/09/GHSA-7cf7-9wrr-vrf4/GHSA-7cf7-9wrr-vrf4.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/GHSA-7cf7-9wrr-vrf4
Aliases
Published
2025-09-10T20:28:08Z
Modified
2025-09-10T20:44:58.375063Z
Severity
  • 4.6 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N CVSS Calculator
Summary
Indico vulnerable to Cross-Site Scripting via LaTeX math code
Details

Impact

There is a Cross-Site-Scripting vulnerability when rendering LaTeX math code in contribution or abstract descriptions.

Patches

You should to update to Indico 3.3.8 as soon as possible. See the docs for instructions on how to update.

Workarounds

Only let trustworthy users create content on Indico.

Note that a conference doing a Call for Abstracts actively invites external speakers (who the organizers may not know and thus cannot fully trust) to submit content, hence the need to update to a a fixed version ASAP in particular when using such workflows.

For more information

If you have any questions or comments about this advisory:

Database specific 
{
    "severity": "MODERATE",
    "nvd_published_at": "2025-09-10T16:15:41Z",
    "github_reviewed_at": "2025-09-10T20:28:08Z",
    "cwe_ids": [
        "CWE-79"
    ],
    "github_reviewed": true
}
References

Affected packages

PyPI / indico

Package

Name
indico
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Purl
pkg:pypi/indico

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
3.3.8

Affected versions

0.*

0.98-rc1
0.98.0
0.98.1
0.98.2
0.99

1.*

1.0
1.1
1.1.1
1.1.2
1.2
1.2.1rc2
1.2.1rc4
1.2.1rc5
1.2.1rc6
1.2.1rc7
1.2.1rc9
1.2.1rc10
1.2.1rc11
1.2.1
1.2.2rc1
1.2.2
1.9.11.dev3
1.9.11.dev4
1.9.11.dev6
1.9.11.dev7
1.9.11.dev8
1.9.11.dev9
1.9.11.dev10
1.9.11.dev11
1.9.11.dev12
1.9.11.dev13
1.9.11.dev14
1.9.11.dev15
1.9.11.dev16
1.9.11.dev17

2.*

2.0a1
2.0rc1
2.0rc2
2.0
2.0.1
2.0.2
2.0.3
2.1
2.1.1
2.1.2
2.1.3
2.1.4
2.1.5
2.1.6
2.1.7
2.1.8
2.1.9
2.1.10
2.1.11
2.2
2.2.1
2.2.2
2.2.3
2.2.4
2.2.5
2.2.6
2.2.7
2.2.8
2.3
2.3.1
2.3.2
2.3.3
2.3.4
2.3.5

3.*

3.0rc1
3.0rc2
3.0
3.0.1
3.0.2
3.0.3
3.1
3.1.1
3.2
3.2.1
3.2.2
3.2.3
3.2.4
3.2.5
3.2.6
3.2.7
3.2.8
3.2.9
3.3
3.3.1
3.3.2
3.3.3
3.3.4
3.3.5
3.3.6
3.3.7

Database specific 

{
    "last_known_affected_version_range": "<= 3.3.7"
}