k1low/mo · Security
mo has a XSS via inline SVG script tags in Markdown rendering
- GHSA ID
- GHSA-vccx-p757-pv6h
- Severity
- low
- Published
- Updated
- CVSS v4
- 2.3 · CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
Description
Summary
When rendering Markdown files containing inline SVG elements with <script> tags, the embedded JavaScript is executed in the browser. This is due to rehype-raw passing raw HTML (including SVG) through to the DOM without sanitization.
PoC
<svg><script>alert(1)</script></svg>
Embedding the above in a Markdown file opened with mo causes the script to execute.
Impact
Arbitrary JavaScript execution in the context of the mo application when a user opens a malicious Markdown file. This could lead to data exfiltration of other opened Markdown file contents.
Remediation
Fixed by adding rehype-sanitize to the Markdown rendering pipeline, which strips dangerous elements such as <script> while preserving safe HTML.
CWEs
- CWE-79 · Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')