CVE-2020-20269

critical

Description

A specially crafted Markdown document could cause the execution of malicious JavaScript code in Caret Editor before 4.0.0-rc22.

References

Advisories
More

https://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2021/Jan/59

https://github.com/careteditor/releases-beta/releases/tag/4.0.0-rc22

https://github.com/careteditor/issues/issues/841

http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2021/Jan/59

http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/161072/Caret-Editor-4.0.0-rc21-Remote-Code-Execution.html

https://caret.io

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2021-01-26

Updated: 2026-06-17

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 10

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Severity: Critical

CVSS v3

Base Score: 9.8

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: Critical

EPSS

EPSS: 0.04329