6.1

CVE-2023-37905: Cross-site Scripting (XSS) in Source Mode of Editor in ckeditor-wordcount-plugin

Modified
AliasesGHSA-q9w4-w667-qqj4
Published 21-07-2023Last modified 21-10-2024

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2023-37905 is a medium (CVSS 6.1) vulnerability in ckeditor-wordcount-plugin_project ckeditor-wordcount-plugin. EPSS estimates a 0.57% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 47.1% of scored vulnerabilities.

Priority
Routine

Not severe (CVSS 6.1, network access); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources

Source freshness unavailable

How is this decided?
CVSS score
6.1/10
010
Medium · v3.1 (CVE.org)
EPSS score
0.57%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedNot listed by any tracked catalog.
RansomwareNot flaggedNo ransomware use recorded.
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Timeline

  1. 21-07-2023
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 21-10-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

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.

CVSS metrics

3 scores · 3 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.57%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

47%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

No change 0.00 pp

From 0.57% on 04-10-2026

04-10-202603-11-2026

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs
CISA KEV

Not in the CISA KEV catalog.

ENISA CNW

Not in the ENISA CNW catalog.

CIRCL

Not in the CIRCL catalog.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Version check

Known conditions: network-reachable, no authentication, user interaction (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.

Ckeditor-wordcount-plugin_project1 product
Npm1 product
  • ckeditor-wordcount-plugin< 1.17.12
Typo31 product
W8tcha1 product

4 vendors · 4 products

References

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