CVE-2020-27176 Information

Description

Mutation XSS exists in Mark Text through 0.16.2 that leads to Remote Code Execution. NOTE: this might be considered a duplicate of CVE-2020-26870; however it can also be considered an issue in the design of the \source code mode\ feature which parses HTML even though HTML support is not one of the primary advertised roles of the product.

CVSS Vector

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

Reference

https://github.com/marktext/marktext/issues/2360

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction Required

NONE

Scope

REQUIRED

Confidentiality Impact

CHANGED

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

HIGH

Base Score

HIGH

Base Severity

9.6