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UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2022-24123

This could lead to Remote Code Execution via a .md file containing a mutation Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) payload.

CRITICAL 9.0EPSS 1.94%

Does this matter?

High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (1.94%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.

Description

MarkText through 0.16.3 does not sanitize the input of a mermaid block before rendering. This could lead to Remote Code Execution via a .md file containing a mutation Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) payload.

CVSS 3.1
9.0 CRITICALCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS
1.94% probability · 79th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-79
Affected
marktext/marktext
Source
cve@mitre.org

References

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.