SOC status:Duty analyst on shift

UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2023-2971

Improper path handling in Typora before 1.7.0-dev on Windows and Linux allows a crafted webpage to access local files and exfiltrate them to remote web servers via "typora://app/typemark/".

MEDIUM 6.5EPSS 0.49%

Does this matter?

Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.49%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.

Description

Improper path handling in Typora before 1.7.0-dev on Windows and Linux allows a crafted webpage to access local files and exfiltrate them to remote web servers via "typora://app/typemark/". This vulnerability can be exploited if a user opens a malicious markdown file in Typora, or copies text from a malicious webpage and paste it into Typora.

CVSS 3.1
6.5 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
EPSS
0.49% probability · 41th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-22
Affected
typora/typora
Source
info@starlabs.sg

References

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