Keepass Password Safe up to 2.43 HTML code injection

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Keepass Password Safe up to 2.43 and classified as critical. This impacts an unknown function of the component HTML Handler. This manipulation causes code injection. This vulnerability is tracked as CVE-2020-37178. The attack is restricted to local execution. Moreover, an exploit is present. The affected component should be upgraded.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Keepass Password Safe up to 2.43. It has been declared as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown part of the component HTML Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a code injection vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-94. The product constructs all or part of a code segment using externally-influenced input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements that could modify the syntax or behavior of the intended code segment. As an impact it is known to affect availability. The summary by CVE is:

KeePass Password Safe versions before 2.44 contain a denial of service vulnerability in the help system's HTML handling. Attackers can trigger the vulnerability by dragging and dropping malicious HTML files into the help area, potentially causing application instability or crash.

The weakness was disclosed by Mustafa Emre Gül as 47952. It is possible to read the advisory at exploit-db.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2020-37178 since 02/10/2026. The exploitation appears to be easy. Attacking locally is a requirement. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1059 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

It is possible to download the exploit at exploit-db.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept.

Upgrading to version 2.44 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Exploit-DB (47952). Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source for vulnerability data.

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Vendor

• Keepass

Name

• Password Safe

Version

• 2.0
• 2.1
• 2.2
• 2.3
• 2.4
• 2.5
• 2.6
• 2.7
• 2.8
• 2.9
• 2.10
• 2.11
• 2.12
• 2.13
• 2.14
• 2.15
• 2.16
• 2.17
• 2.18
• 2.19
• 2.20
• 2.21
• 2.22
• 2.23
• 2.24
• 2.25
• 2.26
• 2.27
• 2.28
• 2.29
• 2.30
• 2.31
• 2.32
• 2.33
• 2.34
• 2.35
• 2.36
• 2.37
• 2.38
• 2.39
• 2.40
• 2.41
• 2.42
• 2.43

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