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Paper/Archive/CVE-2024-41662

CVE-2024-41662

vnotex vnote — VNote vulnerable to Markdown XSS, which leads to RCE

EPSS 2%public exploitCVSS 9.6
critical.is priorityof 100
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CVSS 9.6 (NVD)9.6 / 10 × 3028.8Not in CISA KEV+300.0EPSS percentile 76.7.767 × 2015.3Exploit: SSVC poc+1010.0SSVC exploitation: poc+100.0
Description · from the CVE record

VNote is a note-taking platform. A Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability has been identified in the Markdown rendering functionality of versions 3.18.1 and prior of the VNote note-taking application. This vulnerability allows the injection and execution of arbitrary JavaScript code through which remote code execution can be achieved. A patch for this issue is available at commit f1af78573a0ef51d6ef6a0bc4080cddc8f30a545. Other mitigation strategies include implementing rigorous input sanitization for all Markdown content and utilizing a secure Markdown parser that appropriately escapes or strips potentially dangerous content.

Affected

ProductAffectedFixed inSource
vnote<= 3.18.1–CNA
vnote≤ 3.18.1–CISA-ADP

Scores by source

NVD9.6CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
GitHub_M (CNA)8.6CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
CISA ADPSSVCExploitation: poc · Automatable: no · Technical impact: total

References

refgithub.com/vnotex/vnote/security/advisories/GHSA-w655-h68w-vxxcrefgithub.com/vnotex/vnote/commit/f1af78573a0ef51d6ef6a0bc4080cddc8f30a545