PT-2022-16478

CVE-2022-24123

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Published

2022-01-29

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Updated

2022-02-04

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CVSS 3.1
9.0
Critical
MetricsAV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions MarkText versions 0.16.3 and earlier
Description The issue arises from the lack of input sanitization in mermaid blocks before rendering, potentially leading to Remote Code Execution via a .md file containing a mutation Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) payload.
Recommendations For MarkText versions 0.16.3 and earlier, consider disabling the rendering of mermaid blocks until a patch is available to prevent potential Remote Code Execution attacks. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.
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