CVE-2022-36036 Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection') in mdx-mermaid

2022-08-2917:20:10

CWE-94

GitHub_M

www.cve.org

cve-2022-36036

mdx-mermaid

code injection

arbitrary javascript

mdxjs

3.6 Low

CVSS3

Attack Vector

LOCAL

Attack Complexity

HIGH

Privileges Required

LOW

User Interaction

NONE

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

LOW

Integrity Impact

LOW

Availability Impact

NONE

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N

0.0005 Low

EPSS

Percentile

17.8%

JSON

mdx-mermaid provides plug and play access to Mermaid in MDX. There is a potential for an arbitrary javascript injection in versions less than 1.3.0 and 2.0.0-rc1. Modify any mermaid code blocks with arbitrary code and it will execute when the component is loaded by MDXjs. This vulnerability was patched in version(s) 1.3.0 and 2.0.0-rc2. There are currently no known workarounds.

CNA Affected

[
  {
    "product": "mdx-mermaid",
    "vendor": "sjwall",
    "versions": [
      {
        "status": "affected",
        "version": "< 1.3.0"
      },
      {
        "status": "affected",
        "version": "= 2.0.0-rc1"
      }
    ]
  }
]