What is CVE-2022-38639?

CVE-2022-38639 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Inkdrop Markdown Nice, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 5.4/10. Published 2022-09-09.

How severe is CVE-2022-38639?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.4 out of 10.

Is CVE-2022-38639 known to be exploited?

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

XSS in Inkdrop Markdown Nice

CVE-2022-38639

A cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Markdown-Nice v1.8.22 allows attackers to execute arbitrary web scripts or HTML via a crafted payload injected into the Community Posting field.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

EPSS: 0.004 (37.2th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.4 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N.

Affected products

Inkdrop Markdown_nice — versions 1.8.22
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

Public proof-of-concept exploits

karimhabush/cyberowl

References

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

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-38639?: CVE-2022-38639 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Inkdrop Markdown Nice, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 5.4/10. Published 2022-09-09.
How severe is CVE-2022-38639?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.4 out of 10.
Is CVE-2022-38639 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.