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CVE-2023-37905

6.1 mediumEPSS 0.6%

Medium (6.1) in ckeditor-wordcount-plugin project ckeditor-wordcount-plugin. EPSS 0.6% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days. Fixed in ckeditor-wordcount-plugin 1.17.12.

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.

Severity

CVSS 3.1

6.1 medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
EPSS
0.6% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 47% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
CWE
CWE-79
Published
Modified
Record from
the NVD, synced

Affected

Packages (OSV)

AdvisoryEcosystemPackageAffectedFixed in
GHSA-q9w4-w667-qqj4npmckeditor-wordcount-plugin<1.17.121.17.12

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