CVE-2021-23639 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

The package md-to-pdf before 5.0.0 are vulnerable to Remote Code Execution (RCE) due to utilizing the library gray-matter to parse front matter content, without disabling the JS engine.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.19908.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

n/a

md-to-pdf

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`unspecified`	affected	< 5.0.0

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:markdown_to_pdf_project:markdown_to_pdf:*:*:*:*:*:node.js:*:*

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Subscriptions

Vendors	Products
Markdown To Pdf Project Subscribe	Markdown To Pdf Subscribe

Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
Github GHSA	GHSA-x949-7cm6-fm6p	Code Injection in md-to-pdf.

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
https://github.com/simonhaenisch/md-to-pdf/commit/a716259c548c82fa1d3b14a3422e9100619d2d8a
https://github.com/simonhaenisch/md-to-pdf/issues/99
https://snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JS-MDTOPDF-1657880

History

No history.

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: snyk

Published: 2021-12-10T20:05:16.643Z

Updated: 2024-09-17T00:45:43.108Z

Reserved: 2021-01-08T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2021-23639

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2021-12-10T20:15:08.387

Modified: 2024-11-21T05:51:51.180

Link: CVE-2021-23639

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-noinfo

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