CVE-2022-41710 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Markdownify version 1.4.1 allows an external attacker to remotely obtain arbitrary local files on any client that attempts to view a malicious markdown file through Markdownify. This is possible because the application does not have a CSP policy (or at least not strict enough) and/or does not properly validate the contents of markdown files before rendering them.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.0003.

Exploitation poc

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

Vendors	Products
Markdownify Project	Markdownify

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:markdownify_project:markdownify:1.4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2022-7414	Markdownify version 1.4.1 allows an external attacker to remotely obtain arbitrary local files on any client that attempts to view a malicious markdown file through Markdownify. This is possible because the application does not have a CSP policy (or at least not strict enough) and/or does not properly validate the contents of markdown files before rendering them.
Github GHSA	GHSA-qqhf-xfhw-7884	Markdownify has Files or Directories Accessible to External Parties

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
https://fluidattacks.com/advisories/noisestorm/
https://github.com/amitmerchant1990/electron-markdownify

History

Mon, 05 May 2025 14:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Fluid Attacks

Published: 2022-11-03T00:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2025-05-05T13:26:00.910Z

Reserved: 2022-09-28T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2022-41710

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-03T12:49:43.741Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2022-11-03T20:15:31.567

Modified: 2025-05-05T14:15:24.913

Link: CVE-2022-41710

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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