Vulnerability · Published Jan 1, 2021 · Assigned by mitre
CVE-2020-35717
Critical 9.0
In plain English
A critical-severity security flaw in the affected software. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 3.8% (higher than 90% of all known vulnerabilities). Ready-made attack tooling exists: public proof-of-concept code.
Severity (CVSS NVD)9.0Critical
Exploit odds (30 days)3.8%top 10.1% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack tooling1Public PoC
Official description
zonote through 0.4.0 allows XSS via a crafted note, with resultant Remote Code Execution (because nodeIntegration in webPreferences is true).
Affected products (as reported)
References
- https://www.electronjs.org/apps/zonote x_refsource_MISC
- https://github.com/zonetti/zonote x_refsource_MISC
- https://github.com/hmartos/cve-2020-35717 x_refsource_MISC
- https://medium.com/bugbountywriteup/remote-code-execution-through-cross-site-scripting-in-electron-f3b891ad637 x_refsource_MISC