CVE-2023-0835 (GCVE-0-2023-0835)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-04-04 00:00 – Updated: 2025-12-03 20:12
VLAI?
Summary
markdown-pdf version 11.0.0 allows an external attacker to remotely obtain arbitrary local files. This is possible because the application does not validate the Markdown content entered by the user.
Severity ?
8.2 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:L/A:N
CWE
  • Server Side XSS
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Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
n/a markdown-pdf Affected: 11.0.0
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