CVE-2023-37905
Cross-site Scripting (XSS) in Source Mode of Editor in ckeditor-wordcount-plugin
- State
- Published
- Severity
- 6.1 Medium
- Published
- Jul 21, 2023
- Updated
- Oct 21, 2024
- Reserved
- Jul 10, 2023
Description
ckeditor-wordcount-plugin is an open source WordCount Plugin for CKEditor. 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. This issue has been addressed in version 1.17.12 of the `ckeditor-wordcount-plugin` plugin and users are advised to upgrade. There are no known workarounds for this vulnerability.
Scores
| CVSS | Score | Vector | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.1 | 6.1 Medium | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N | GitHub_M |
Weaknesses
- CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
CKEditor-WordCount-Pluginw8tcha |
|
cms-rte-ckeditortypo3 |
|
References
- https://github.com/w8tcha/CKEditor-WordCount-Plugin/security/advisories/GHSA-q9w4-w667-qqj4
- https://github.com/w8tcha/CKEditor-WordCount-Plugin/commit/0f03b3e5b7c1409998a13aba3a95396e6fa349d8
- https://github.com/w8tcha/CKEditor-WordCount-Plugin/commit/a4b154bdf35b3465320136fcb078f196b437c2f1
- https://github.com/TYPO3/typo3/security/advisories/GHSA-m8fw-p3cr-6jqc
- https://typo3.org/security/advisory/typo3-core-sa-2023-004
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