Vulnerability CVE-2021-29503


Published: 2021-05-19

Description:
HedgeDoc is a platform to write and share markdown. HedgeDoc before version 1.8.2 is vulnerable to a cross-site scripting attack using the YAML-metadata of a note. An attacker with write access to a note can embed HTML tags in the Open Graph metadata section of the note, resulting in the frontend rendering the script tag as part of the `<head>` section. Unless your instance prevents guests from editing notes, this vulnerability allows unauthenticated attackers to inject JavaScript into notes that allow guest edits. If your instance prevents guests from editing notes, this vulnerability allows authenticated attackers to inject JavaScript into any note pages they have write-access to. This vulnerability is patched in version 1.8.2. As a workaround, one can disable guest edits until the next update.

Type:

CWE-80

(Improper Neutralization of Script-Related HTML Tags in a Web Page (Basic XSS))

CVSS2 => (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
4.3/10
2.9/10
8.6/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Remote
Medium
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
None
Partial
None
Affected software
Hedgedoc -> Hedgedoc 

 References:
https://github.com/hedgedoc/hedgedoc/commit/01dad5821ee28377ebe640c6c72c3e0bb0d51ea7
https://github.com/hedgedoc/hedgedoc/security/advisories/GHSA-gjg7-4j2h-94fq
https://github.com/hedgedoc/hedgedoc/releases/tag/1.8.2

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