CVE-2022-42967 HIGH

CVE-2022-42967: XSS in Caret markdown editor leads to remote code execution when viewing crafted Markdown files

Vendor Careteditor

Product caret

Weakness CWE-79 · XSS

Published January 11, 2023

Last update April 8, 2025

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CVSS base score

7.5/10

Attack vector Network

Attack complexity High

Privileges required None

User interaction Required

Confidentiality High

Integrity High

CVSS vector

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

What the vulnerability does

01Description

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.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

January 11, 2023 CVE published

April 8, 2025 Record updated

External resources

03References

NVD — National Vulnerability Database https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-42967 CWE — Common Weakness Enumeration https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/79.html

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