Vulnerability · Published Sep 28, 2023 · Assigned by snyk
CVE-2023-26149
Medium 6.1
In plain English
A medium-severity cross-site scripting in quill-mention. Proof-of-concept exploit code is public. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.7% (higher than 54% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.
Severity (CVSS 3.1)6.1Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.7%top 46.4% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: poc
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official description
Versions of the package quill-mention before 4.0.0 are vulnerable to Cross-site Scripting (XSS) due to improper user-input sanitization, via the renderList function. **Note:** If the mentions list is sourced from unsafe (user-sourced) data, this might allow an injection attack when a Quill user hits @.
Affected packages & fixed versions
| Ecosystem | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| npm | quill-mention | 4.0.0 | GHSA-jgw5-rp4p-qhp6 |
Affected products (as reported)
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| n/a | quill-mention | 0 – before 4.0.0 |
Weakness: CWE-79 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N/E:P
References
- https://security.snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JS-QUILLMENTION-5921549
- https://github.com/quill-mention/quill-mention/blob/0aa9847719257496b14ac5401872c4e2ffcbc3d1/src/quill.mention.js%23L391
- https://codepen.io/ALiangLiang/pen/mdQMJXK
- https://github.com/quill-mention/quill-mention/issues/255
- https://github.com/quill-mention/quill-mention/pull/341
- https://github.com/quill-mention/quill-mention/commit/e85262ddced0a7f0b6fc8350d236a68bd1e28385