# CVE-2022-23474: editor.js contains Code Injection

- Also known as: GHSA-6MVJ-2569-3MCM
- Severity: CVSS 6.1 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=poc, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 2.26.0
- Published: 2022-12-15 · Updated: 2025-04-17

## Affected

- codex-team editor.js: 2.26.0
- @editorjs/editorjs (npm): fixed in 2.26.0

## Description

Editor.js is a block-style editor with clean JSON output. Versions prior to 2.26.0 are vulnerable to Code Injection via pasted input. The processHTML method passes pasted input into wrapper’s innerHTML. This issue is patched in version 2.26.0.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on codex-team editor.js, @editorjs/editorjs, upgrade to a fixed version (2.26.0) per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://securitylab.github.com/advisories/GHSL-2022-028_codex-team_editor_js/
- https://github.com/codex-team/editor.js/pull/2100

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