CVE-2020-20269

high-risk

Published 2021-01-26

A specially crafted Markdown document could cause the execution of malicious JavaScript code in Caret Editor before 4.0.0-rc22.

Do I need to act?

4.3% chance of exploitation in next 30 days

EPSS score — moderate exploit probability

Not on CISA KEV list

No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA

Patch status unknown

Check vendor advisories for fix availability and mitigation guidance

CVSS 9.8/10 Critical

NETWORK / LOW complexity

Caret

Caret

Third Party Advisory http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/161072/Caret-Editor-4.0.0-rc21-Remote-Code-...

Mailing List http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2021/Jan/59

Product https://caret.io

Issue Tracking https://github.com/careteditor/issues/issues/841

Release Notes https://github.com/careteditor/releases-beta/releases/tag/4.0.0-rc22

Mailing List https://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2021/Jan/59

Third Party Advisory http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/161072/Caret-Editor-4.0.0-rc21-Remote-Code-...

Mailing List http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2021/Jan/59

Product https://caret.io

Issue Tracking https://github.com/careteditor/issues/issues/841

Release Notes https://github.com/careteditor/releases-beta/releases/tag/4.0.0-rc22

Mailing List https://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2021/Jan/59

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high-risk

Severity 32/34 · Critical

Exploitability 8/34 · Low

Exposure 21/34 · High