Vulnerability · Published Feb 20, 2023 · Assigned by GitHub_M

CVE-2021-32855vditor vulnerable to Cross-site Scripting

Medium 6.1

In plain English

A medium-severity cross-site scripting in vditor from npm. Proof-of-concept exploit code is public. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.6% (higher than 48% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.

Severity (CVSS 3.1)6.1Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.6%top 51.9% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: poc
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

Vditor is a browser-side Markdown editor. Versions prior to 3.8.7 are vulnerable to copy-paste cross-site scripting (XSS). For this particular type of XSS, the victim needs to be fooled into copying a malicious payload into the text editor. Version 3.8.7 contains a patch for this issue.

Affected packages & fixed versions

EcosystemPackageFixed inAdvisory
npmvditor3.8.7GHSA-vfmp-9999-6wqj

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
npm vditor 3.8.7 – before 3.8.7

Weakness: CWE-79 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

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