Markdown Preview Enhanced is a Markdown preview extension for Visual Studio Code. Prior to 0.8.30, Markdown Preview Enhanced reads repository-controlled .crossnote/head.html content and passes it through resolvePathsInHeader before inserting it into the head of the preview webview document without removing executable content. Script-capable markup executes while the document loads, before the React application and DOMPurify initialize, and can access acquireVsCodeApi to send messages from the webview to the extension host. Opening a Markdown preview in a malicious repository is sufficient to trigger the injected content, and no additional click within the notification or preview is required. This issue is fixed in version 0.8.30.
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| Description | Markdown Preview Enhanced is a Markdown preview extension for Visual Studio Code. Prior to 0.8.30, Markdown Preview Enhanced reads repository-controlled .crossnote/head.html content and passes it through resolvePathsInHeader before inserting it into the head of the preview webview document without removing executable content. Script-capable markup executes while the document loads, before the React application and DOMPurify initialize, and can access acquireVsCodeApi to send messages from the webview to the extension host. Opening a Markdown preview in a malicious repository is sufficient to trigger the injected content, and no additional click within the notification or preview is required. This issue is fixed in version 0.8.30. | |
| Title | Markdown Preview Enhanced: Stored XSS via Unsanitized `.crossnote/head.html` Injection in Webview | |
| Weaknesses | CWE-79 | |
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: GitHub_M
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Updated: 2026-10-14T19:11:51.712Z
Reserved: 2026-06-15T22:58:06.563Z
Link: CVE-2026-54701
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Status : Received
Published: 2026-10-14T20:17:47.580
Modified: 2026-10-14T20:17:47.580
Link: CVE-2026-54701
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