What is CVE-2022-41710?

CVE-2022-41710 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Markdownify Project, classified under Files or Directories Accessible to External Parties. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2022-11-03.

How severe is CVE-2022-41710?

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

Vulnerability in Markdownify Project

CVE-2022-41710

Markdownify version 1.4.1 allows an external attacker to remotely obtain arbitrary local files on any client that attempts to view a malicious markdown file through Markdownify. This is possible because the application does not have a CSP policy (or at least not strict enough) and/or does not properly validate the contents of markdown files before rendering them.

EPSS: 0.004 (29.2th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

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

Affected products

Markdownify_project Markdownify — versions 1.4.1
N/a Markdownify — versions 1.4.1

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-552 — Files or Directories Accessible to External Parties

References

help@fluidattacks.com (Product, Third Party Advisory)
help@fluidattacks.com (Exploit, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-41710?: CVE-2022-41710 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Markdownify Project, classified under Files or Directories Accessible to External Parties. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2022-11-03.
How severe is CVE-2022-41710?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.