RCE in Marktext
CVE-2023-1004
A vulnerability has been found in MarkText up to 0.17.1 on Windows and classified as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the component WSH JScript Handler. The manipulation leads to code injection. Local access is required to approach this attack. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. The identifier VDB-221737 was assigned to this vulnerability.
Vulnerability class: RCE (Remote Code Execution)
Published · last modified .
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 5.3 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.004 (29.2th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 29th percentile — 29.2% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.004 · newest: 0.004 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Marktext
- Microsoft Windows
- Marktext — versions 0.17.0, 0.17.1
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- vuldb.com/ (Permissions Required, technical-description, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
- vuldb.com/ (signature, Permissions Required, permissions-required, Third Party Advisory)
- github.com/marktext/marktext/issues/3575 (issue-tracking, Exploit, Third Party Advisory, exploit, Issue Tracking)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2023-1004?
- CVE-2023-1004 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Marktext, classified under Code Injection. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2023-02-24.
- How severe is CVE-2023-1004?
- Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.
- Is CVE-2023-1004 known to be exploited?
- 3 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.