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Advisory details: gitlab / npm/mcp-markdownify-server/CVE-2025-5273
Advisory ID gitlab/npm/mcp-markdownify-server/CVE-2025-5273
Aliases CVE-2025-5273
GHSA-22v8-p7h2-rj7p
Summary Markdownify MCP Server allows attackers to read arbitrary files All versions of the package mcp-markdownify-server are vulnerable to Files or Directories Accessible to External Parties via the get-markdown-file tool. An attacker can craft a prompt that, once accessed by the MCP host, will allow it to read arbitrary files from the host running the server.
Status Published
Exploitability 0.5
Weighted Severity 0.0
Risk
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Introduced and Fixed Package Commit Patches Package Commit Patches Details
Weaknesses (3)
No exploits are available.

No EPSS data available for this advisory.

Patch URL
There are no known patches.
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N Found at https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/advisories-community/-/blob/main/npm/mcp-markdownify-server/CVE-2025-5273.yml
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

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Vector: SSVCv2/E:P/A:N/T:P/P:M/B:A/M:M/D:T/2025-05-29T13:16:18Z/

Decision: Track

Source URL: https://github.com/cisagov/vulnrichment/blob/develop/2025/5xxx/CVE-2025-5273.json

Source Advisory: vulnrichment/CVE-2025-5273

View SSVC decision tree
[{'Exploitation': 'poc'},
 {'Automatable': 'no'},
 {'Technical Impact': 'partial'},
 {'Mission Prevalence': 'minimal'},
 {'Public Well-being Impact': 'material'},
 {'Mission & Well-being': 'medium'}]