CVE-2022-42967 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Caret is vulnerable to an XSS attack when the user opens a crafted Markdown file when preview mode is enabled. This directly leads to client-side code execution.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity High

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploitation poc

Automatable no

Technical Impact total

Vendors	Products
Caret	Caret

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:caret:caret:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

No data.

References

Link	Providers
https://research.jfrog.com/vulnerabilities/caret-xss-rce/

History

Tue, 08 Apr 2025 15:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: JFROG

Published: 2023-01-11T00:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2025-04-08T14:34:55.464Z

Reserved: 2022-10-15T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2022-42967

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-03T13:19:05.492Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-01-11T13:15:09.197

Modified: 2024-11-21T07:25:42.080

Link: CVE-2022-42967

Redhat

No data.

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