Stored script execution via unsafe Markdown links
Published Feb 14, 2022 · Updated Apr 23, 2025
Stored XSS in K-Box before 0.33.1 allows remote attackers to execute script in a user's browser through a crafted Markdown link. The Markdown configuration enables unsafe links, so document abstracts and file previews preserve attacker-controlled JavaScript anchor targets. A user must click the stored link; the resulting script runs in that user's K-Box session and can read cookies or alter displayed content.
Summary
What happened
Stored XSS in K-Box before 0.33.1 allows remote attackers to execute script in a user's browser through a crafted Markdown link. The Markdown configuration enables unsafe links, so document abstracts and file previews preserve attacker-controlled JavaScript anchor targets. A user must click the stored link; the resulting script runs in that user's K-Box session and can read cookies or alter displayed content.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2022-23637
- Published
- Feb 14, 2022
- Updated
- Apr 23, 2025
- Vendor
- OneOffTech
- Product
- K-Box
- Classifications
- CWE-79, T1204.001
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- unauthenticated
Timeline
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- Feb 14, 2022CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Apr 23, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=< 0.33.1
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