webbertakken docusaurus-plugin-content-gists up to 3.x GitHub Personal Access Token information disclosure
| CVSS Meta Temp Score | Current Exploit Price (≈) | CTI Interest Score |
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Summary
A vulnerability was found in webbertakken docusaurus-plugin-content-gists up to 3.x and classified as problematic. This issue affects some unknown processing of the component GitHub Personal Access Token Handler. The manipulation results in information disclosure. This vulnerability was named CVE-2025-53624. The attack may be performed from remote. There is no available exploit. It is suggested to upgrade the affected component.
Details
A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in webbertakken docusaurus-plugin-content-gists up to 3.x. Affected is an unknown code of the component GitHub Personal Access Token Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a information disclosure vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-200. The product exposes sensitive information to an actor that is not explicitly authorized to have access to that information. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality. CVE summarizes:
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.
The advisory is available at github.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2025-53624 since 07/07/2025. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The exploitation doesn't require any form of authentication. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. This vulnerability is assigned to T1592 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.
Upgrading to version 4.0.0 eliminates this vulnerability. Applying the patch 8d4230b82412edb215ddfa9e609d178510a5fe31 is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at github.com. The best possible mitigation is suggested to be upgrading to the latest version.
The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at EUVD (EUVD-2025-20874). If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.
Product
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CPE 2.3
CPE 2.2
CVSSv4
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VulDB Meta Base Score: 7.6VulDB Meta Temp Score: 7.5
VulDB Base Score: 5.3
VulDB Temp Score: 5.1
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VulDB Reliability: 🔍
CNA Base Score: 10.0
CNA Vector (GitHub_M): 🔒
CVSSv2
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Exploiting
Class: Information disclosureCWE: CWE-200 / CWE-284 / CWE-266
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes
Availability: 🔒
Status: Not defined
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Threat Intelligence
Interest: 🔍Active Actors: 🔍
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Countermeasures
Recommended: UpgradeStatus: 🔍
0-Day Time: 🔒
Upgrade: docusaurus-plugin-content-gists 4.0.0
Patch: 8d4230b82412edb215ddfa9e609d178510a5fe31
Timeline
07/07/2025 CVE reserved07/10/2025 Advisory disclosed
07/10/2025 VulDB entry created
07/10/2025 VulDB entry last update
Sources
Product: github.comAdvisory: GHSA-qf34-qpr4-5pph
Status: Confirmed
CVE: CVE-2025-53624 (🔒)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2025-53624
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-315858
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Entry
Created: 07/10/2025 07:43Updated: 07/10/2025 18:35
Changes: 07/10/2025 07:43 (67), 07/10/2025 18:35 (1)
Complete: 🔍
Cache ID: 216::103
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