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CVE-2020-20269

28
FAUCET Score

CVE-2020-20269 describes a critical vulnerability in Caret Editor versions prior to 4.0.0-rc22, where a specially crafted Markdown document can lead to the execution of malicious JavaScript code. This vulnerability carries a CVSS score of 9.8 (CRITICAL) due to its network-based attack vector, low attack complexity, and high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability, requiring no user interaction. Despite its severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 3.4.6CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:caret:caret:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
4.0.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:caret:caret:4.0.0:beta0:*:*:*:*:*:*
4.0.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:caret:caret:4.0.0:beta1:*:*:*:*:*:*
4.0.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:caret:caret:4.0.0:beta2:*:*:*:*:*:*
4.0.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:caret:caret:4.0.0:beta3:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

9.8CRITICAL

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
4.69%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
90.8%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0469 is in the 85th percentile among its peer group of 36,862 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.3 Mastodon, and 2.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

packetstormsecurity.com / files/161072/Caret-Editor-4.0.0-rc21-Remote-Code-Execution.html
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
caret.io
Product
seclists.org / fulldisclosure/2021/Jan/59
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
github.com / careteditor/issues/issues/841
Issue TrackingThird Party Advisory
github.com / careteditor/releases-beta/releases/tag/4.0.0-rc22
Release NotesThird Party Advisory
seclists.org / fulldisclosure/2021/Jan/59
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory