{"id":"CVE-2024-41662","aliases":["EUVD-2024-39118","GHSA-w655-h68w-vxxc"],"status":"published","title":"VNote vulnerable to Markdown XSS, which leads to RCE","description":"VNote is a note-taking platform. A Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability has been identified in the Markdown rendering functionality of versions 3.18.1 and prior of the VNote note-taking application. This vulnerability allows the injection and execution of arbitrary JavaScript code through which remote code execution can be achieved. A patch for this issue is available at commit f1af78573a0ef51d6ef6a0bc4080cddc8f30a545. Other mitigation strategies include implementing rigorous input sanitization for all Markdown content and utilizing a secure Markdown parser that appropriately escapes or strips potentially dangerous content.","severity":{"version":"3.1","score":8.6,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H","level":"high","assessor":"cna","from":"cve"},"epss":{"day":"2026-11-12","score":0.01661,"percentile":0.77024,"model":"v2026.06.15"},"facts":{"in_kev":false,"known_exploited":false,"public_exploit":true,"fix_available":false},"cwes":["CWE-79"],"published":"2024-07-24T16:55:37Z","modified":"2026-10-28T10:58:03Z","exploits":[{"source":"pocgithub","id":"sh3bu/CVE-2024-41662","title":"sh3bu/CVE-2024-41662","date":"2024-07-23","url":"https://github.com/sh3bu/CVE-2024-41662"}],"products":[{"vendor":"vnote_project","product":"vnote"},{"vendor":"vnotex","product":"vnote"}],"references":[{"url":"https://github.com/vnotex/vnote/security/advisories/GHSA-w655-h68w-vxxc","tags":["x_refsource_CONFIRM","x_transferred","Exploit","Third Party Advisory","advisory"]},{"url":"https://github.com/vnotex/vnote/commit/f1af78573a0ef51d6ef6a0bc4080cddc8f30a545","tags":["x_refsource_MISC","x_transferred","Patch","fix"]},{"url":"https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2024/41xxx/CVE-2024-41662.json","tags":["advisory"]},{"url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-41662","tags":["advisory"]}],"sources":{"cve":[{"id":"CVE-2024-41662","title":"VNote vulnerable to Markdown XSS, which leads to RCE","description":"VNote is a note-taking platform. A Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability has been identified in the Markdown rendering functionality of versions 3.18.1 and prior of the VNote note-taking application. This vulnerability allows the injection and execution of arbitrary JavaScript code through which remote code execution can be achieved. A patch for this issue is available at commit f1af78573a0ef51d6ef6a0bc4080cddc8f30a545. Other mitigation strategies include implementing rigorous input sanitization for all Markdown content and utilizing a secure Markdown parser that appropriately escapes or strips potentially dangerous content.","status":"published","published":"2024-07-24T16:55:37.447Z","modified":"2024-08-02T04:46:52.68Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":8.6,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H","level":"high","assessor":"cna"}],"cwes":["CWE-79"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:34:03.661584Z"}],"euvd":[{"id":"EUVD-2024-39118","description":"VNote is a note-taking platform. A Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability has been identified in the Markdown rendering functionality of versions 3.18.1 and prior of the VNote note-taking application. This vulnerability allows the injection and execution of arbitrary JavaScript code through which remote code execution can be achieved. A patch for this issue is available at commit f1af78573a0ef51d6ef6a0bc4080cddc8f30a545. Other mitigation strategies include implementing rigorous input sanitization for all Markdown content and utilizing a secure Markdown parser that appropriately escapes or strips potentially dangerous content.","status":"published","published":"2024-07-24T16:55:37Z","modified":"2024-08-02T04:46:52Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":8.6,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H","level":"high"}],"updated_at":"2026-11-03T03:50:16.476007Z"}],"nvd":[{"id":"CVE-2024-41662","description":"VNote is a note-taking platform. A Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability has been identified in the Markdown rendering functionality of versions 3.18.1 and prior of the VNote note-taking application. This vulnerability allows the injection and execution of arbitrary JavaScript code through which remote code execution can be achieved. A patch for this issue is available at commit f1af78573a0ef51d6ef6a0bc4080cddc8f30a545. Other mitigation strategies include implementing rigorous input sanitization for all Markdown content and utilizing a secure Markdown parser that appropriately escapes or strips potentially dangerous content.","status":"published","published":"2024-07-24T17:15:11.31Z","modified":"2026-06-17T07:48:00.303Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":8.6,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H","level":"high","assessor":"secondary"},{"version":"3.1","score":9.6,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H","level":"critical","assessor":"primary"}],"cwes":["CWE-79"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:10:14.437386Z"}],"osv":[{"id":"CVE-2024-41662","title":"VNote vulnerable to Markdown XSS, which leads to RCE","description":"VNote is a note-taking platform. A Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability has been identified in the Markdown rendering functionality of versions 3.18.1 and prior of the VNote note-taking application. This vulnerability allows the injection and execution of arbitrary JavaScript code through which remote code execution can be achieved. A patch for this issue is available at commit f1af78573a0ef51d6ef6a0bc4080cddc8f30a545. Other mitigation strategies include implementing rigorous input sanitization for all Markdown content and utilizing a secure Markdown parser that appropriately escapes or strips potentially dangerous content.","status":"published","published":"2024-07-24T16:55:37.447Z","modified":"2026-10-28T10:58:03.704390131Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":8.6,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H","level":"high"}],"cwes":["CWE-79"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T15:44:41.963899Z"}]}}