CVE-2023-2318 is a critical DOM-based Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability affecting MarkText versions 0.17.1 and earlier on Windows, Linux, and macOS. This flaw allows arbitrary JavaScript code execution within the MarkText main window if a user pastes malicious content copied from a webpage. With a CVSS score of 9.6 (Critical), the vulnerability is easily exploitable over the network with low complexity, requiring user interaction, and can lead to high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Currently, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 0.17.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:marktext:marktext:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 0, <= 0.17.1CPE match | cpe:2.3:a:marktext:marktext:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.8 Bluesky, 0.5 Mastodon, and 1.2 GitHub 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 0.1 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.