Medium 6.5Published Sep 29, 2025

CVE-2025-59940mkdocs-include-markdown-plugin susceptible to unvalidated input colliding with substitution placeholders

Updated under an hour ago (Oct 27, 2026, 11:30 AM ET)

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Exploited in the last 30 days

mkdocs-include-markdown-plugin is an Mkdocs Markdown includer plugin. In versions 7.1.7 and below, there is a vulnerability where unvalidated input can collide with substitution placeholders. This issue is fixed in version 7.1.8.

CVSS: 6.5 MEDIUM (v3.1, CNA)CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L
Weakness (CWE): CWE-20
Known exploited: Not in CISA's KEV catalog
EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days): Not loaded for this CVE
Assigned by: GitHub_M
NVD analysis: Deferred
Record last updated: Sep 30, 2025
First seen by InfoSec Signals: Oct 9, 2026

Affected products

Affected products

mondeja mkdocs-include-markdown-plugin mondeja:mkdocs_include_markdown_plugin (from the name)	before 7.1.8	CNA record

References

References

https://github.com/mondeja/mkdocs-include-markdown-plugin/security/advisories/GHSA-v39m-5m9j-m9w9	x-refsource-confirm
https://github.com/mondeja/mkdocs-include-markdown-plugin/issues/274	x-refsource-misc
https://github.com/mondeja/mkdocs-include-markdown-plugin/pull/277	x-refsource-misc
https://github.com/mondeja/mkdocs-include-markdown-plugin/commit/7466d67aa0de8ffbc427204ad2475fed07678915	x-refsource-misc

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