# CVE-2024-41819: Note Mark has a stored XSS in the note link href attribute

> Attackers can execute arbitrary scripts via malicious links in Note Mark, potentially leading to session hijacking or data theft.

- **Severity:** High 8.7 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** A user has to click or open something
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 29 Jul 2024
- **Updated:** 5 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-rm48-9mqf-8jc3

## What is CVE-2024-41819?

CVE-2024-41819 is a high-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in enchant97 note-mark, published on 29 Jul 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

### Official description

Note Mark is a web-based Markdown notes app. A stored cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Note Mark allows attackers to execute arbitrary web scripts via a crafted payload injected into the URL value of a link in the markdown content. This vulnerability is fixed in 0.13.1.

Weakness: CWE-79 (Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-41819?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Enchantedcode Note Mark.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-41819?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-41819 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-41819 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2024-41819 exists.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-41819 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-41819 is a high-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in enchant97 note-mark, published on 29 Jul 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2024-41819 exists.

Affected product: enchant97 note-mark. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-41819/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-41819/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-41819
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-41819
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-41819

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-41819/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.