High severity7.8NVD Advisory· Published Dec 18, 2025· Updated Apr 15, 2026

CVE-2023-53940

Description

Codigo Markdown Editor 1.0.1 contains a code execution vulnerability that allows attackers to run arbitrary system commands by crafting a malicious markdown file. Attackers can embed a video source with an onerror event that executes shell commands through Node.js child_process module when the file is opened.

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Affected products

Alfonzm/Codigo Appreferences
Codigo/Markdown Editorllm-create
Range: =1.0.1

Patches

Vulnerability mechanics

References

www.exploit-db.com/exploits/51432nvd
www.vulncheck.com/advisories/codigo-markdown-editor-electron-arbitrary-code-execution-via-markdown-filenvd

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