What is CVE-2022-36450?

CVE-2022-36450 is a high-severity vulnerability in Obsidian, classified under Improper Input Validation. CVSS score: 8.0/10. Published 2022-07-25.

How severe is CVE-2022-36450?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.0 out of 10.

Improper input validation in Obsidian

CVE-2022-36450

Obsidian 0.14.x and 0.15.x before 0.15.5 allows obsidian://hook-get-address remote code execution because window.open is used without checking the URL.

Vulnerability class: Drupalgeddon 2 (CVE-2018-7600)

EPSS: 0.200 (97.2th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 8.0 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Obsidian
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-20 — Improper Input Validation

References

cve@mitre.org (Exploit, x_refsource_MISC, Vendor Advisory)
cve@mitre.org (Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-36450?: CVE-2022-36450 is a high-severity vulnerability in Obsidian, classified under Improper Input Validation. CVSS score: 8.0/10. Published 2022-07-25.
How severe is CVE-2022-36450?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.0 out of 10.