GHSA-q9w4-w667-qqj4

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    GHSA-q9w4-w667-qqj4

    Published: 10 Jul 2023Last Modified: 4 Feb 2026

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

    Details: ### 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

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

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: ckeditor-wordcount-plugin

    Purl: pkg:npm/ckeditor-wordcount-plugin

    Affected ranges

    Type: SEMVER

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -1.17.12

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
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    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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