What is CVE-2018-3770?

CVE-2018-3770 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Hackerone Markdown-Pdf, classified under Path Traversal. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2018-07-20.

How severe is CVE-2018-3770?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.

Is CVE-2018-3770 known to be exploited?

1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Path Traversal in Hackerone Markdown-Pdf

CVE-2018-3770

A path traversal exists in markdown-pdf version <9.0.0 that allows a user to insert a malicious html code that can result in reading the local files.

Vulnerability class: Path Traversal (Directory Traversal)

EPSS: 0.005 (40.0th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.

Affected products

Hackerone Markdown-pdf — versions 9.0.0
Markdown-pdf_project Markdown-pdf

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-22 — Path Traversal

Public proof-of-concept exploits

ossf-cve-benchmark/CVE-2018-3770

References

support@hackerone.com (Exploit, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-3770?: CVE-2018-3770 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Hackerone Markdown-Pdf, classified under Path Traversal. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2018-07-20.
How severe is CVE-2018-3770?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.
Is CVE-2018-3770 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.