Vulnerability · Published Oct 23, 2023 · Assigned by VulDB

CVE-2023-5701vnotex vnote Markdown File cross site scripting

Medium 4.3

In plain English

A medium-severity cross-site scripting in vnote from vnotex. Proof-of-concept exploit code is public. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.8% (higher than 56% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)4.3Medium

Exploit odds (30 days)0.8%top 44.5% of all CVEs

Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: poc

Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

A vulnerability has been found in vnotex vnote up to 3.17.0 and classified as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the component Markdown File Handler. The manipulation with the input <xss onclick="alert(1)" style=display:block>Click here</xss> leads to cross site scripting. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. The associated identifier of this vulnerability is VDB-243139. NOTE: The vendor was contacted early about this disclosure but did not respond in any way.

Affected products (as reported)

Vendor	Product	Versions
vnotex	vnote	3.03.13.23.33.43.53.63.7

Weakness: CWE-79 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

References

https://vuldb.com/?id.243139 vdb-entry, technical-description
https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.243139 signature, permissions-required
https://github.com/victorootnice/victorootnice.github.io/blob/main/2023/bbp-01.md exploit