CVE-2017-6589 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

EpicEditor through 0.2.3 has Cross-Site Scripting because of an insecure default marked.js configuration. An example attack vector is a crafted IMG element in an HTML document.

Published: 2017-03-09

Score: 6.1 Medium

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:epiceditor_project:epiceditor:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2022-2458	EpicEditor through 0.2.3 has Cross-Site Scripting because of an insecure default marked.js configuration. An example attack vector is a crafted IMG element in an HTML document.
Github GHSA	GHSA-4wc5-gfgh-4vjx	EpicEditor XSS Vulnerability

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Changed

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact None

User Interaction Required

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00683.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
https://bad.code.blog/2017/03/09/epiceditor-cross-site-scripting/

History

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Subscriptions

Epiceditor Project Epiceditor

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2017-03-09T19:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-05T15:33:20.429Z

Reserved: 2017-03-09T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2017-6589

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2017-03-09T19:59:00.287

Modified: 2026-06-17T01:22:36.203

Link: CVE-2017-6589

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-79
Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

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