Quick answers
- Is CVE-2023-42399 exploited in the wild?
- No. Junglewise Threat Intelligence has no report of CVE-2023-42399 being exploited in the wild.
- How severe is CVE-2023-42399?
- Low severity, with a CVSS score of 3.1, published 19 September 2023.
- Which products and versions are affected?
- xdsoft Jodit Editor 4.0.0-beta.86 and earlier 4.x versions.
- Is there a fix for CVE-2023-42399?
- No fixed version is recorded yet. Check the vendor's advisory in the references below. If you run it, Junglewise drafts a mitigation that fits your setup and applies it once you approve, with senior security engineers behind it.
- How is CVE-2023-42399 attacked?
- It is attacked over the network, in a software library.
- Am I affected by CVE-2023-42399?
- Check whether you run jodit (npm). Junglewise does that check for you around the clock: connect your code, cloud and domains, and it matches new vulnerabilities like this one against what you actually run and tells you when one reaches you.
Technical details
The vulnerability is a Stored/Reflected XSS (CWE-79) in Jodit Editor's rich text editor component that fails to properly sanitize or filter user input. The editor does not completely remove malicious XSS payloads such as `<iframe src="JavaScript: alert (/xss/)">`, allowing attackers to inject arbitrary JavaScript that executes in the context of the application. The attack requires user interaction (opening or viewing the malicious content) but does not require authentication or special network conditions. An attacker can obtain sensitive information through this vulnerability and potentially execute arbitrary actions in the context of the web application.
Affected products
- xdsoft Jodit Editor 4.0.0-beta.86 and earlier 4.x versions
Identifiers
- CVE-2023-42399
- GHSA-95xr-cq6h-vwr3
Timeline
- 2023-09-19: disclosed: Vulnerability published in GitHub Security Advisory
- 2023-09-18: other: Issue reported on GitHub