CVE-2022-42967 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

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.

Published: 2023-01-11

Score: 7.5 High

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

careteditor

caret

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`0`	affected	< *

Configuration 1 [-]

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

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2022-46019	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.

The EPSS score is 0.00385.

Exploitation poc

Automatable no

Technical Impact total

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'}`

Subscriptions

Caret Caret

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.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-79

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