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CVE-2022-36036
Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection') in mdx-mermaid
Low3.6EPSS 0.40%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- GitHub_M
Description
mdx-mermaid provides plug and play access to Mermaid in MDX. There is a potential for an arbitrary javascript injection in versions less than 1.3.0 and 2.0.0-rc1. Modify any mermaid code blocks with arbitrary code and it will execute when the component is loaded by MDXjs. This vulnerability was patched in version(s) 1.3.0 and 2.0.0-rc2. There are currently no known workarounds.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| GitHub_MCNA (assigner) | 3.1 | Low3.6 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N |
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | High7.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.40% · top 66% of all CVEs (6 Nov 2026)
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation: poc · Automatable: no · Technical impact: partial
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Low 3.6.
Weakness
Affected products
- affected < 1.3.0
- affected = 2.0.0-rc1
Affected packages
From reviewed advisories of the GitHub Advisory Database.
- npmmdx-mermaidGHSA-rvgm-35jw-q628 (opens in a new tab)
References (2)
- https://github.com/sjwall/mdx-mermaid/security/advisories/GHSA-rvgm-35jw-q628 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- https://github.com/sjwall/mdx-mermaid/commit/f2b99386660fd13316823529c3f1314ebbcdfd2a (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisory GHSA-rvgm-35jw-q628 (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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