CVE-2025-65716 describes a critical arbitrary code execution vulnerability in Visual Studio Code Extensions Markdown Preview Enhanced version 0.8.18, affecting the shd101wyy markdown_preview_enhanced product. With a CVSS score of 8.8 (HIGH), this flaw allows unauthenticated remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by tricking a user into opening a specially crafted Markdown (.Md) file. The attack complexity is low, and successful exploitation can lead to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While there is no evidence of active exploitation (KEV: No) and no public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB: None), the vulnerability has garnered significant community discussion and media coverage, indicating high awareness and potential for future exploitation.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
>= 0.8.18CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:shd101wyy:markdown_preview_enhanced:*:*:*:*:*:visual_studio_code:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.2 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.
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.