CVE-2023-37905 (GCVE-0-2023-37905)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-07-21 19:35 – Updated: 2024-10-21 13:07
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Title
Cross-site Scripting (XSS) in Source Mode of Editor in ckeditor-wordcount-plugin
Summary
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.
Severity
6.1 (Medium)
SSVC
Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2024-10-21 13:03 UTC
CWE
- CWE-79 - Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')
Assigner
References
5 references
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| https://github.com/w8tcha/CKEditor-WordCount-Plug… | x_refsource_CONFIRM |
| https://github.com/w8tcha/CKEditor-WordCount-Plug… | x_refsource_MISC |
| https://github.com/w8tcha/CKEditor-WordCount-Plug… | x_refsource_MISC |
| https://github.com/TYPO3/typo3/security/advisorie… | |
| https://typo3.org/security/advisory/typo3-core-sa… |
Impacted products
2 products
| Vendor | Product | Version | CPE status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| w8tcha | CKEditor-WordCount-Plugin |
Affected:
< 1.17.12
|
guessed | |
| typo3 | cms-rte-ckeditor |
Affected:
>= 10.0.0, < 10.4.39
Affected: >= 11.0.0, < 11.5.30 |
guessed |
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Forecast uses a logistic model when the trend is rising, or an exponential decay model when the trend is falling. Fitted via linearized least squares.
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Nomenclature
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vulnerability by the CIRCL/vulnerability-attack-technique-classification-roberta-base
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