6.1
MEDIUM
CVE-2023-37905
CKEditor WordCount Plugin Cross-Site Scripting
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.

INFO

Published Date :

July 21, 2023, 8:15 p.m.

Last Modified :

Nov. 21, 2024, 8:12 a.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

2.7

Exploitability Score :

2.8
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2023-37905 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Typo3 typo3
1 Ckeditor-wordcount-plugin_project ckeditor-wordcount-plugin

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The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2023-37905 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

    Nov. 21, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://github.com/TYPO3/typo3/security/advisories/GHSA-m8fw-p3cr-6jqc
    Added Reference https://github.com/w8tcha/CKEditor-WordCount-Plugin/commit/0f03b3e5b7c1409998a13aba3a95396e6fa349d8
    Added Reference https://github.com/w8tcha/CKEditor-WordCount-Plugin/commit/a4b154bdf35b3465320136fcb078f196b437c2f1
    Added Reference https://github.com/w8tcha/CKEditor-WordCount-Plugin/security/advisories/GHSA-q9w4-w667-qqj4
    Added Reference https://typo3.org/security/advisory/typo3-core-sa-2023-004
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Sep. 15, 2023

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://typo3.org/security/advisory/typo3-core-sa-2023-004 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference https://github.com/TYPO3/typo3/security/advisories/GHSA-m8fw-p3cr-6jqc [No Types Assigned]
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Aug. 01, 2023

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V3.1 NIST AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
    Changed Reference Type https://github.com/w8tcha/CKEditor-WordCount-Plugin/commit/0f03b3e5b7c1409998a13aba3a95396e6fa349d8 No Types Assigned https://github.com/w8tcha/CKEditor-WordCount-Plugin/commit/0f03b3e5b7c1409998a13aba3a95396e6fa349d8 Patch
    Changed Reference Type https://github.com/w8tcha/CKEditor-WordCount-Plugin/commit/a4b154bdf35b3465320136fcb078f196b437c2f1 No Types Assigned https://github.com/w8tcha/CKEditor-WordCount-Plugin/commit/a4b154bdf35b3465320136fcb078f196b437c2f1 Patch
    Changed Reference Type https://github.com/w8tcha/CKEditor-WordCount-Plugin/security/advisories/GHSA-q9w4-w667-qqj4 No Types Assigned https://github.com/w8tcha/CKEditor-WordCount-Plugin/security/advisories/GHSA-q9w4-w667-qqj4 Vendor Advisory
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:ckeditor-wordcount-plugin_project:ckeditor-wordcount-plugin:*:*:*:*:*:node.js:*:* versions up to (excluding) 1.17.12
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CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

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Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

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Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

0.10 }} 0.01%

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0.42689

percentile

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