CVE-2024-38354 — CodiMD allows realtime collaborative markdown notes on all platforms

CodiMD allows realtime collaborative markdown notes on all platforms. The notebook feature of Hackmd.io permits the rendering of iframe `HTML` tags with an improperly sanitized `name` attribute. This vulnerability enables attackers to perform cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks vi

01What is this vulnerability?

CodiMD allows realtime collaborative markdown notes on all platforms. The notebook feature of Hackmd.io permits the rendering of iframe `HTML` tags with an improperly sanitized `name` attribute. This vulnerability enables attackers to perform cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks via DOM clobbering. This vulnerability is fixed in 2.5.4.

02Affected products

Vendor	Product	Versions
hackmdio	codimd	< 2.5.4

03Active exploitation status

Not currently listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. EPSS is the best forward-looking signal — see the EPSS row above.

04Recommended remediation

• Patch to a fixed version listed in the vendor advisory (see references below).
• Mitigate with WAF rules, network egress filters, or feature flags where the patch is not yet available.
• Hunt historical logs for exploitation indicators — see Detection signatures below.

05Technical details

For the full vendor write-up, exploit chains, and reference implementations, see the references list in section 09.

06Detection signatures

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07Related CVEs

No directly-cited follow-up CVEs in the KB record for this advisory. The references list in section 09 carries the vendor cross-references.

08Timeline

• Published: 2024-07-10T19:49:55.838Z
• Last modified: 2024-08-02T04:04:25.208Z

09References

• github.com — https://github.com/hackmdio/codimd/security/advisories/GHSA-22jv-vch8-2vp9