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GHSA-85q9-7467-r53q

Published Jun 17, 2022·Last modified May 5, 2026
Affected Components(0)

No affected components available

Description

Impact

InvenTree uses EasyMDE for displaying markdown text in various places (e.g. for the various "notes" fields associated with various models).

By default, EasyMDE does not sanitize input data, and it is possible for malicious code to be injected into the markdown editor, and executed in the users browser.

Note: This malicious data must be first uploaded to the database by an authorized user, so the risk here is limited to trusted users

Solution

The solution here is two-fold:

  • Enable data sanitization for the EasyMDE renderer - #3205
  • Enforce cleaning of all data uploaded to the database via the API - #3204 (This will be ready for the 0.8.0 release)

Patches

  • The issue is addressed in the 0.8.0 release
  • This fix was back-ported to the 0.7.x branch, applied to the 0.7.3 release

Workarounds

There is no workaround for this issue without upgrading InvenTree to the specified version.

References

  • https://huntr.dev/bounties/ab296cf5-7a3e-4f49-8f63-5b35fc707f03/

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Risk Scores
Base Score
0.0

Measures severity based on intrinsic characteristics of the vulnerability, independent of environment.

Threat Intelligence
0.0

No exploitation activity has been observed at this time. Continue routine monitoring.

EPSS
N/A

Probability that this vulnerability will be exploited in the wild within the next 30 days.

Exploit
Not available

We did not find any exploit available. Neither in GitHub repositories nor in the Exploit-Database.

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