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CVE-2018-3770

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.5 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2018-07-20 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-22

Description

A path traversal exists in markdown-pdf version <9.0.0 that allows a user to insert a malicious html code that can result in reading the local files.

Affected products

• markdown-pdf: before 9.0.0 — fixed in 9.0.0

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: markdown-pdf 9.0.0. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://hackerone.com/reports/360727
• https://hackerone.com/reports/360727

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