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CVE-2021-23639 (GCVE-0-2021-23639)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2021-12-10 20:05 – Updated: 2024-09-17 00:45
VLAI
Title
Remote Code Execution (RCE)
Summary
The package md-to-pdf before 5.0.0 are vulnerable to Remote Code Execution (RCE) due to utilizing the library gray-matter to parse front matter content, without disabling the JS engine.
CWE
  • Remote Code Execution (RCE)
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
n/a md-to-pdf Affected: unspecified , < 5.0.0 (custom)
Date Public
2021-12-10 00:00
Show details on NVD website

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