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1 vulnerability by Alfonzm
CVE-2023-53940 (GCVE-0-2023-53940)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-12-18 19:57 – Updated: 2025-12-18 20:19
VLAI?
Title
Codigo Markdown Editor 1.0.1 Electron Arbitrary Code Execution via Markdown File
Summary
Codigo Markdown Editor 1.0.1 contains a code execution vulnerability that allows attackers to run arbitrary system commands by crafting a malicious markdown file. Attackers can embed a video source with an onerror event that executes shell commands through Node.js child_process module when the file is opened.
Severity ?
CWE
- CWE-94 - Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection')
Assigner
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Impacted products
| Vendor | Product | Version | ||
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| Alfonzm | Codigo Markdown Editor |
Affected:
1.0.1
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Credits
8bitsec
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