Vulnerability · Published Feb 24, 2023 · Assigned by VulDB

CVE-2023-1003Typora WSH JScript code injection

Medium 5.3

In plain English

A medium-severity code injection in Typora. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.4% (higher than 31% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)5.3Medium

Exploit odds (30 days)0.4%top 69.2% of all CVEs

Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV

Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in Typora up to 1.5.5 on Windows. Affected is an unknown function of the component WSH JScript Handler. The manipulation leads to code injection. An attack has to be approached locally. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. Upgrading to version 1.5.8 is able to address this issue. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component. The identifier of this vulnerability is VDB-221736.

Affected products (as reported)

Vendor	Product	Versions
n/a	Typora	1.5.01.5.11.5.21.5.31.5.41.5.5

Weakness: CWE-94 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

References

https://vuldb.com/?id.221736 vdb-entry, technical-description
https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.221736 signature, permissions-required
https://github.com/typora/typora-issues/issues/5623 exploit, issue-tracking