vnotex vnote Markdown File cross site scripting

Description

A vulnerability has been found in vnotex vnote up to 3.17.0 and classified as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the component Markdown File Handler. The manipulation with the input <xss onclick="alert(1)" style=display:block>Click here</xss> leads to cross site scripting. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. The associated identifier of this vulnerability is VDB-243139. NOTE: The vendor was contacted early about this disclosure but did not respond in any way.

Scores

EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)

0.76% · top 44% of all CVEs (6 Nov 2026)

CISA SSVC

Exploitation: poc · Automatable: no · Technical impact: partial

The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 4.3.

Weakness

• CWE-79 Cross Site Scripting (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-79 and its CVEs

Affected products

• vnotex · vnote

  • affected 3.0
  • affected 3.1
  • affected 3.2
  • affected 3.3
  • affected 3.4
  • affected 3.5
  • affected 3.6
  • affected 3.7
  • affected 3.8
  • affected 3.9
  • affected 3.10
  • affected 3.11
  • affected 3.12
  • affected 3.13
  • affected 3.14
  • affected 3.15
  • affected 3.16
  • affected 3.17

References (3)

• https://vuldb.com/?id.243139 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrytechnical-descriptionx_transferred
• https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.243139 (opens in a new tab)signaturepermissions-requiredx_transferred
• https://github.com/victorootnice/victorootnice.github.io/blob/main/2023/bbp-01.md (opens in a new tab)exploitx_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 Advisories (opens in a new tab)
• CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)

Badge for a README or a ticket

[![CVE-2023-5701](https://trackcve.app/badge/CVE-2023-5701.svg)](https://trackcve.app/cve/CVE-2023-5701)

Record last updated 12 Sept 2024, 18:08 UTC.