Security advisory

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  "id": "479390d8bf3b5b06548a47275fbb7a99179a59d14d1606ab4bfdeb264fa957b1",
  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2020-23986",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "CVE-2020-23986",
    "summary": "Github Read Me Stats commit 3c7220e4f7144f6cb068fd433c774f6db47ccb95 was discovered to contain a reflected cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability via the function renderError.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2020-23986",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "medium",
    "structured": {
      "id": "CVE-2020-23986",
      "aliases": [
        "CVE-2020-23986"
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      "metrics": [
        {
          "type": "CVSS_V3",
          "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N"
        }
      ],
      "affected": [
        {
          "ranges": [
            {
              "repo": "https://github.com/anuraghazra/github-readme-stats",
              "type": "GIT",
              "events": [
                {
                  "introduced": "dc8852dd6ba0b5f86de0e4a13a031c30dcbd20fc"
                },
                {
                  "last_affected": "dc8852dd6ba0b5f86de0e4a13a031c30dcbd20fc"
                }
              ],
              "database_specific": {
                "extracted_events": [
                  {
                    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:github_readme_stats_project:github_readme_stats:1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                    "range": [
                      {
                        "introduced": "1.0"
                      },
                      {
                        "last_affected": "1.0"
                      }
                    ],
                    "source": "CPE_STRING"
                  }
                ]
              }
            }
          ],
          "versions": [
            "1.0",
            "v1.0.0"
          ],
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2020-23986.json"
          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-20T10:52:50.334953811Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://github.com/anuraghazra/github-readme-stats/pull/255"
      ],
      "provider_metadata": {}
    },
    "related_cves": [
      {
        "value": "CVE-2020-23986",
        "evidence": "/id"
      }
    ],
    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 383925,
  "published_at": "2022-01-06T00:15:07.737+00:00"
}