CVE-2023-1005 JP1016 Markdown-Electron code injection

Medium 5.3 Published Updated

A local attacker can execute arbitrary code in JP1016 Markdown-Electron due to a code injection vulnerability.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Any signed-in user
Attackable
Local or same network only
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
None listed

What is CVE-2023-1005?

CVE-2023-1005 is a medium-severity code injection vulnerability in JP1016 Markdown-Electron, published on 24 Feb 2023. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

A vulnerability was found in JP1016 Markdown-Electron and classified as critical. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality. The manipulation leads to code injection. Attacking locally is a requirement. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. Continious delivery with rolling releases is used by this product. Therefore, no version details of affected nor updated releases are available. VDB-221738 is the identifier assigned to this vulnerability.

Weakness: CWE-94

Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-1005?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Markdown-Electron Project Markdown-Electron.

How do I fix CVE-2023-1005?

No fix has been published for CVE-2023-1005 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade, and never evaluate templates, expressions or code built from user input. More about Code injection.

Is CVE-2023-1005 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-1005 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-87jv-45xh-g2jc.

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