CVE-2021-23639

high-risk
Published 2021-12-10

The package md-to-pdf before 5.0.0 are vulnerable to Remote Code Execution (RCE) due to utilizing the library gray-matter to parse front matter content, without disabling the JS engine.

Do I need to act?

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19.9% chance of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS score — higher than 80% of all CVEs
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Not on CISA KEV list
No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA
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Patch status unknown
Check vendor advisories for fix availability and mitigation guidance
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CVSS 9.8/10 Critical
NETWORK / LOW complexity

Affected Products (1)

Affected Vendors

Markdown To Pdf Project

References (6)

Patch https://github.com/simonhaenisch/md-to-pdf/commit/a716259c548c82fa1d3b14a3422e91...
Exploit https://github.com/simonhaenisch/md-to-pdf/issues/99
Exploit https://snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JS-MDTOPDF-1657880
Patch https://github.com/simonhaenisch/md-to-pdf/commit/a716259c548c82fa1d3b14a3422e91...
Exploit https://github.com/simonhaenisch/md-to-pdf/issues/99
Exploit https://snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JS-MDTOPDF-1657880
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high-risk
Severity 32/34 · Critical
Exploitability 14/34 · Moderate
Exposure 5/34 · Minimal