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CVE-2025-53624

webbertakken docusaurus-plugin-content-gists — docusaurus-plugin-content-gists Exposes GitHub Personal Access Token

EPSS 2%CVSS 10.0
critical.is priorityof 100
46
CVSS 10.0 (CNA)10.0 / 10 × 3030.0Not in CISA KEV+300.0EPSS percentile 81.2.812 × 2016.2No public exploit+100.0SSVC exploitation: none+100.0
Description · from the CVE record

The Docusaurus gists plugin adds a page to your Docusaurus instance, displaying all public gists of a GitHub user. docusaurus-plugin-content-gists versions prior to 4.0.0 are vulnerable to exposing GitHub Personal Access Tokens in production build artifacts when passed through plugin configuration options. The token, intended for build-time API access only, is inadvertently included in client-side JavaScript bundles, making it accessible to anyone who can view the website's source code. This vulnerability is fixed in 4.0.0.

Affected

ProductAffectedFixed inSource
docusaurus-plugin-content-gists< 4.0.0–CNA

Scores by source

GitHub_M (CNA)10.0CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
CISA ADPSSVCExploitation: none · Automatable: yes · Technical impact: total

References

refgithub.com/webbertakken/docusaurus-plugin-content-gists/security/advisories/GHSA-qf34-qpr4-5pphrefgithub.com/webbertakken/docusaurus-plugin-content-gists/commit/8d4230b82412edb215ddfa9e609d178510a5fe31