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GHSA-9852-MG56-6J5X

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2023-01-11 15:30 – Updated: 2023-01-18 21:30

Details

Caret is vulnerable to an XSS attack when the user opens a crafted Markdown file when preview mode is enabled. This directly leads to client-side code execution.

Severity ?

9.6 (Critical)


                  
                    CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

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  "modified": "2023-01-18T21:30:21Z",
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CVE-2022-42967 (GCVE-0-2022-42967)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-01-11 00:00 – Updated: 2025-04-08 14:34

Summary

Caret is vulnerable to an XSS attack when the user opens a crafted Markdown file when preview mode is enabled. This directly leads to client-side code execution.

Severity ?

7.5 (High)


                        
                          CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CWE

CWE-79 - Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

Assigner

JFROG

References

URL

Tags

https://research.jfrog.com/vulnerabilities/caret-…

Impacted products

	Vendor	Product	Version
	careteditor	caret	Affected: 0 , < * (custom)

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Seen: The vulnerability was mentioned, discussed, or observed by the user.
Confirmed: The vulnerability has been validated from an analyst's perspective.
Published Proof of Concept: A public proof of concept is available for this vulnerability.
Exploited: The vulnerability was observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Patched: The vulnerability was observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
Not exploited: The vulnerability was not observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Not confirmed: The user expressed doubt about the validity of the vulnerability.
Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.

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GHSA-9852-MG56-6J5X

CVE-2022-42967 (GCVE-0-2022-42967)

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