PT-2018-14716 · Xheditor · Xheditor

Nicholasyklo · Published 2018-11-03 · Updated 2018-12-11 · CVE-2018-18909

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

6.1

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions xhEditor version 1.2.2

Description The issue allows for cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks through JavaScript code in the SRC attribute of an IFRAME element within the editor's source-code view.

Recommendations For xhEditor version 1.2.2, consider disabling the ability to insert or edit IFRAME elements within the source-code view as a temporary workaround until a patch is available. Restrict access to the source-code view to minimize the risk of exploitation.

Exploit

Fix

XSS

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-79

Related Identifiers

CVE-2018-18909

Affected Products

Xheditor

References · 3

• 🔥 https://github.com/yaniswang/xhEditor/issues/37 · Exploit
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2018-18909 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-18909 · Security Note