What is CVE-2022-42967?

CVE-2022-42967 is a high-severity vulnerability in Caret, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2023-01-11.

How severe is CVE-2022-42967?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.

XSS in Caret

CVE-2022-42967

Caret is vulnerable to an XSS attack when the user opens a crafted Markdown file when preview mode is enabled. This directly leads to client-side code execution.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

Published 2023-01-11 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.008 (55.8th percentile), scored 2026-10-04.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 56th percentile — 55.8% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.008 · newest: 0.008 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Caret
Careteditor Caret — versions 0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

References

research.jfrog.com/vulnerabilities/caret-xss-rce/ (Exploit, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-42967?: CVE-2022-42967 is a high-severity vulnerability in Caret, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2023-01-11.
How severe is CVE-2022-42967?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.