CVE-2020-20269

CriticalCVSS 9.8/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

A specially crafted Markdown document could cause the execution of malicious JavaScript code in Caret Editor before 4.0.0-rc22.

Metrics

CVSS 3.1 9.8/10CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected software

Vendor	Product	Versions
n/a	n/a	n/a

References

http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/161072/Caret-Editor-4.0.0-rc21-Remote-Code-Execution.htmlThird Party Advisory, VDB Entry
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2021/Jan/59Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
https://caret.ioProduct
https://github.com/careteditor/issues/issues/841Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/careteditor/releases-beta/releases/tag/4.0.0-rc22Release Notes, Third Party Advisory
https://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2021/Jan/59Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/161072/Caret-Editor-4.0.0-rc21-Remote-Code-Execution.htmlThird Party Advisory, VDB Entry
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2021/Jan/59Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
https://caret.ioProduct
https://github.com/careteditor/issues/issues/841Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/careteditor/releases-beta/releases/tag/4.0.0-rc22Release Notes, Third Party Advisory
https://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2021/Jan/59Mailing List, Third Party Advisory

Timeline

Published: Jan 26, 2021
Last modified: Jun 17, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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