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CVE-2022-42967: XSS in Caret markdown editor leads to remote code execution when viewing crafted Markdown files

• Severity: critical (CVSS 9.6 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.9% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2023-01-11 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-79

Description

Caret is vulnerable to an XSS attack when the user opens a crafted Markdown file when preview mode is enabled. This directly leads to client-side code execution.

Affected products

• careteditor caret: all versions

References

• https://research.jfrog.com/vulnerabilities/caret-xss-rce/
• https://research.jfrog.com/vulnerabilities/caret-xss-rce/

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