Vulnerability · Published Mar 7, 2022 · Assigned by jpcert
CVE-2022-21158
Medium 5.4
In plain English
A medium-severity security flaw in MarkText from MarkText. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.5% (higher than 45% of all known vulnerabilities).
Severity (CVSS NVD)5.4Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.5%top 54.7% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official description
A stored cross-site scripting vulnerability in marktext versions prior to v0.17.0 due to improper handling of the link (with javascript: scheme) inside the document may allow an attacker to execute an arbitrary script on the PC of the user using marktext.
Affected products (as reported)
References
- https://github.com/marktext/marktext/releases/tag/v0.17.0 x_refsource_MISC
- https://jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN89524240/index.html x_refsource_MISC