PT-2021-23563 · Unknown · Kindeditor

Cyber-Word · Published 2021-10-14 · Updated 2021-10-19 · CVE-2021-42227

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 KindEditor versions 4.1.x

Description A Cross Site Scripting (XSS) issue exists in the software, allowing exploitation via a specific Google search and subsequent access to an .html file on a website using the editor, where the file suffix is permitted.

Recommendations For KindEditor version 4.1.x, consider disabling the editor's upload functionality or restricting access to the uploadbutton.html file until a patch is available.

Exploit

Fix

XSS

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-79

Related Identifiers

CVE-2021-42227

GHSA-WV83-JRFH-RP33

Affected Products

Kindeditor

References · 6

• 🔥 https://github.com/kindsoft/kindeditor/issues/336 · Exploit
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-42227 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2021-42227 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-wv83-jrfh-rp33 · Vendor Advisory
• https://github.com/kindsoft/kindeditor · Note
• https://t.me/cibsecurity/30587 · Telegram Post