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XSS in Source Mode of Editor

Moderate
w8tcha published GHSA-q9w4-w667-qqj4 Jul 10, 2023

Package

npm ckeditor-wordcount-plugin (npm)

Affected versions

<= 1.17.11

Patched versions

1.17.12

Description

Problem

It has been discovered that the ckeditor-wordcount-plugin plugin for CKEditor4 is susceptible to cross-site scripting when switching to the source code mode.

Solution

Update to version 1.17.12 of the ckeditor-wordcount-plugin plugin.

Credits

  • @sypets for reporting this finding to the TYPO3 Security Team
  • @ohader for fixing the issue on behalf of the TYPO3 Security Team

Severity

Moderate
6.1
/ 10

CVSS base metrics

Attack vector
Network
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
None
User interaction
Required
Scope
Changed
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
Low
Availability
None
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

CVE ID

CVE-2023-37905

Weaknesses

No CWEs

Credits