CVE-2023-37905

Cross-site Scripting (XSS) in Source Mode of Editor in ckeditor-wordcount-plugin

Severity Score

6.1

*CVSS v3.1

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

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.

ckeditor-wordcount-plugin es un complemento WordCount de código abierto para CKEditor. Se ha descubierto que el complemento `ckeditor-wordcount-plugin` para CKEditor4 es susceptible a Cross-Site Scripting al cambiar al modo de código fuente. Este problema se solucionó en la versión 1.17.12 del complemento `ckeditor-wordcount-plugin` y se recomienda a los usuarios que actualicen. No se conocen workarounds para esta vulnerabilidad.

*Credits: N/A

CVSS Scores

NISTv3.1 6.1

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

Required

Scope

Changed

Confidentiality

Low

Integrity

Low

Availability

None

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2023-07-10 CVE Reserved
2023-07-21 CVE Published
2024-08-02 CVE Updated
2024-08-22 EPSS Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date
---------- First Exploit

CWE

CWE-79: Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

CAPEC

References (5)

URL	Tag	Source
https://github.com/TYPO3/typo3/security/advisories/GHSA-m8fw-p3cr-6jqc
https://typo3.org/security/advisory/typo3-core-sa-2023-004

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC
https://github.com/w8tcha/CKEditor-WordCount-Plugin/commit/0f03b3e5b7c1409998a13aba3a95396e6fa349d8	2023-09-15
https://github.com/w8tcha/CKEditor-WordCount-Plugin/commit/a4b154bdf35b3465320136fcb078f196b437c2f1	2023-09-15

URL	Date	SRC
https://github.com/w8tcha/CKEditor-WordCount-Plugin/security/advisories/GHSA-q9w4-w667-qqj4	2023-09-15

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Ckeditor-wordcount-plugin Project Search vendor "Ckeditor-wordcount-plugin Project"		Ckeditor-wordcount-plugin Search vendor "Ckeditor-wordcount-plugin Project" for product "Ckeditor-wordcount-plugin"				< 1.17.12 Search vendor "Ckeditor-wordcount-plugin Project" for product "Ckeditor-wordcount-plugin" and version " < 1.17.12"		node.js		Affected