VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2021-43861
Prior to version 8.13.8, malicious diagrams can run javascript code at diagram readers' machines.
MEDIUM 5.4EPSS 0.91%
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.91%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
Mermaid is a Javascript based diagramming and charting tool that uses Markdown-inspired text definitions and a renderer to create and modify complex diagrams. Prior to version 8.13.8, malicious diagrams can run javascript code at diagram readers' machines. Users should upgrade to version 8.13.8 to receive a patch. There are no known workarounds aside from upgrading.
- CVSS 3.1
- 5.4 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
- EPSS
- 0.91% probability · 58th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-20, CWE-79
- Affected
- mermaid project/mermaid
- Source
- security-advisories@github.com
References
- https://github.com/mermaid-js/mermaid/commit/066b7a0d0bda274d94a2f2d21e4323dab5776d83Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/mermaid-js/mermaid/releases/tag/8.13.8Release Notes, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/mermaid-js/mermaid/security/advisories/GHSA-p3rp-vmj9-gv6vThird Party Advisory
- https://github.com/mermaid-js/mermaid/commit/066b7a0d0bda274d94a2f2d21e4323dab5776d83Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/mermaid-js/mermaid/releases/tag/8.13.8Release Notes, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/mermaid-js/mermaid/security/advisories/GHSA-p3rp-vmj9-gv6vThird Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.