Code execution via unsanitized plugin README rendering
Published Oct 9, 2025 · Updated Oct 9, 2025
DOM-based XSS in Logseq 0.10.9 allows remote attackers to execute code when a crafted plugin README is rendered in the marketplace. The marketplace parses attacker-controlled README Markdown with marked.parse() and assigns the resulting unsanitized HTML to innerHTML. Exploitation requires a user to load the malicious plugin README; injected JavaScript can invoke exposed external-protocol handling to launch native applications.
Summary
What happened
DOM-based XSS in Logseq 0.10.9 allows remote attackers to execute code when a crafted plugin README is rendered in the marketplace. The marketplace parses attacker-controlled README Markdown with marked.parse() and assigns the resulting unsanitized HTML to innerHTML. Exploitation requires a user to load the malicious plugin README; injected JavaScript can invoke exposed external-protocol handling to launch native applications.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2025-56683
- Published
- Oct 9, 2025
- Updated
- Oct 9, 2025
- Vendor
- Unknown vendor
- Product
- Unknown product
- Classifications
- CWE-79, T1203
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- unauthenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Oct 9, 2025CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Oct 9, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Logseq XSS-to-RCE proof of conceptproof of concept · demonstrated
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