Code execution via unvalidated Markdown links
Published Nov 4, 2024 · Updated Jan 16, 2025
Improper link validation in Bruno before 1.29.1 allows remote attackers to execute local commands through a crafted Markdown link. The Markdown docs viewer passes every new-window URL to Electron shell.openExternal, allowing non-HTTP schemes and local paths to reach operating-system handlers. A user must open attacker-controlled documentation and activate the link; the result is command or application execution with the user's privileges.
Summary
What happened
Improper link validation in Bruno before 1.29.1 allows remote attackers to execute local commands through a crafted Markdown link. The Markdown docs viewer passes every new-window URL to Electron shell.openExternal, allowing non-HTTP schemes and local paths to reach operating-system handlers. A user must open attacker-controlled documentation and activate the link; the result is command or application execution with the user's privileges.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2024-48463
- Published
- Nov 4, 2024
- Updated
- Jan 16, 2025
- Vendor
- Bruno
- Product
- Bruno
- Classifications
- CWE-601, T1204.001
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- unauthenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Nov 4, 2024CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Jan 16, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
Exploitability
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Is a vulnerable build present?
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- Affected versionversion=0 <1.29.1
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What is affected?
Published CVSS scores
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Attacks
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Weakness, pattern, technique
Public exploit references
- Bruno 1.28 shell.openExternal proof of conceptproof of concept · demonstrated
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