Vulnerability · Published Jul 21, 2023 · Assigned by GitHub_M
CVE-2023-37905Cross-site Scripting (XSS) in Source Mode of Editor in ckeditor-wordcount-plugin
Medium 6.1
In plain English
A medium-severity cross-site scripting in cms-rte-ckeditor from typo3. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.6% (higher than 47% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.
Official 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.
Affected packages & fixed versions
| Ecosystem | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| npm | ckeditor-wordcount-plugin | 1.17.12 | GHSA-q9w4-w667-qqj4 |
Affected products (as reported)
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| w8tcha | CKEditor-WordCount-Plugin | < 1.17.12 |
| typo3 | cms-rte-ckeditor | >= 10.0.0, < 10.4.39>= 11.0.0, < 11.5.30 |
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/w8tcha/CKEditor-WordCount-Plugin/security/advisories/GHSA-q9w4-w667-qqj4 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://github.com/w8tcha/CKEditor-WordCount-Plugin/commit/0f03b3e5b7c1409998a13aba3a95396e6fa349d8 x_refsource_MISC
- https://github.com/w8tcha/CKEditor-WordCount-Plugin/commit/a4b154bdf35b3465320136fcb078f196b437c2f1 x_refsource_MISC
- https://github.com/TYPO3/typo3/security/advisories/GHSA-m8fw-p3cr-6jqc
- https://typo3.org/security/advisory/typo3-core-sa-2023-004