CVE-2026-54702: high-severity vulnerability in shd101wyy vscode-markdown-preview-enhanced
Markdown Preview Enhanced: Blind Command Dispatch via Unvalidated Webview Message Handler
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21Vexday Risk Score
No sign of exploitation. No public exploitation artifact known so far.
ssvc Trackcvss 7.3epss 0.2%
exploitation probability
0.2%top 89% of all CVEs
observed exploitation
nono source reports it
Markdown Preview Enhanced is a Markdown preview extension for Visual Studio Code. Prior to 0.8.30, the webview message handler in src/preview-provider.ts accepts an attacker-controlled command value and attacker-controlled args, constructs a command in the _crossnote namespace, and invokes vscode.commands.executeCommand without an allowlist or type validation. JavaScript already executing in the preview webview can use this bridge to invoke privileged extension commands, including file modification, code-chunk execution, export-tool execution, and arbitrary URL opening, with attacker-selected arguments. Exploitation requires a separate webview JavaScript execution path, such as the independently tracked .crossnote/head.html injection, but no further authorization check protects the extension-host command boundary. This issue is fixed in version 0.8.30.
CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:P/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
Affected products
shd101wyy · vscode-markdown-preview-enhancedRelated CVEs — shd101wyy vscode-markdown-preview-enhanced
In the same product, most dangerous first.
CVE-2026-54525HIGHMarkdown Preview Enhanced: One Click RCE via Markdown Link Command Injection on WindowsEPSS 0.4%CVE-2026-54566HIGHMarkdown Preview Enhanced: Remote Code Execution via VM Sandbox Escape in `.crossnote/config.js` and `.crossnote/parser.js`EPSS 0.3%CVE-2026-54703MEDIUMMarkdown Preview Enhanced: Arbitrary File Write via updateMarkdown Command Without Path ValidationEPSS 0.2%CVE-2026-54701MEDIUMMarkdown Preview Enhanced: Stored XSS via Unsanitized `.crossnote/head.html` Injection in WebviewEPSS 0.2%
References
https://github.com/shd101wyy/vscode-markdown-preview-enhanced/commit/8bc848b6cbb42b9f35a0f95f7c3bf29b8302970ehttps://github.com/shd101wyy/vscode-markdown-preview-enhanced/pull/2323https://github.com/shd101wyy/vscode-markdown-preview-enhanced/releases/tag/0.8.30https://github.com/shd101wyy/vscode-markdown-preview-enhanced/security/advisories/GHSA-83c6-hcjv-pvmg