Vulnerability · Published Feb 14, 2022 · Assigned by GitHub_M

CVE-2022-23637Stored Cross-Site-Scripting (XSS) in Markdown Editor

Medium 6.1

In plain English

A medium-severity cross-site scripting in k-box from k-box. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.5% (higher than 41% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)6.1Medium

Exploit odds (30 days)0.5%top 58.7% of all CVEs

Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none

Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

K-Box is a web-based application to manage documents, images, videos and geodata. Prior to version 0.33.1, a stored Cross-Site-Scripting (XSS) vulnerability is present in the markdown editor used by the document abstract and markdown file preview. A specifically crafted anchor link can, if clicked, execute untrusted javascript actions, like retrieving user cookies. Version 0.33.1 includes a patch that allows discarding unsafe links.

Affected products (as reported)

Vendor	Product	Versions
k-box	k-box	< 0.33.1

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

References

https://github.com/k-box/k-box/security/advisories/GHSA-wwcw-h4mf-mvxf x_refsource_CONFIRM
https://github.com/k-box/k-box/commit/3bb4df9a4d01aade5bffaa603a514d1a5fabd214 x_refsource_MISC