THREATPORT/VULNERABILITY/CVE-2022-36450
HIGH SEVERITY

CVE-2022-36450

Obsidian vulnerability

CVSS
8.0
EPSS
19.6%
EPSS pct
97th
Exploited
No known
Obsidian 0.14.x and 0.15.x before 0.15.5 allows obsidian://hook-get-address remote code execution because window.open is used without checking the URL.
Affected vendor
Obsidian
Affected product
Obsidian
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness type (CWE)
  • CWE-20 — Improper Input Validation
Published
2022-07-25

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, low attack complexity, requiring low privileges, user interaction. Successful exploitation leads to high impact to confidentiality, high impact to integrity, high impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 19.6% reflects a moderate probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 97% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2022-36450

  • Confirm whether Obsidian Obsidian is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2022-36450.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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