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Security Advisories: GSA_kwCzR0hTQS1xOXc0LXc2NjctcXFqNM4AA0if

ckeditor-wordcount-plugin vulnerable to Cross-site Scripting in Source Mode of Editor

Problem

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.

Solution

Update to version 1.17.12 of the ckeditor-wordcount-plugin plugin.

Credits

• @sypets for reporting this finding to the TYPO3 Security Team
• @ohader for fixing the issue on behalf of the TYPO3 Security Team

Permalink: https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-q9w4-w667-qqj4
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Source: GitHub Advisory Database
Origin: Unspecified
Severity: Moderate
Classification: General
Published: 10 months ago
Updated: 6 months ago

CVSS Score: 6.1
CVSS vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Identifiers: GHSA-q9w4-w667-qqj4, CVE-2023-37905
References:

• https://github.com/w8tcha/CKEditor-WordCount-Plugin/security/advisories/GHSA-q9w4-w667-qqj4
• https://github.com/w8tcha/CKEditor-WordCount-Plugin/commit/0f03b3e5b7c1409998a13aba3a95396e6fa349d8
• https://github.com/w8tcha/CKEditor-WordCount-Plugin/commit/a4b154bdf35b3465320136fcb078f196b437c2f1
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-37905
• https://github.com/TYPO3/typo3/security/advisories/GHSA-m8fw-p3cr-6jqc
• https://typo3.org/security/advisory/typo3-core-sa-2023-004
• https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-q9w4-w667-qqj4

Repository: https://github.com/w8tcha/CKEditor-WordCount-Plugin
Blast Radius: 6.6

Affected Packages