# CVE-2023-37905: Cross-site Scripting (XSS) in Source Mode of Editor in ckeditor-wordcount-plugin

- Also known as: GHSA-Q9W4-W667-QQJ4
- 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=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 1.17.12, 10.4.39, 11.5.30
- Published: 2023-07-21 · Updated: 2024-10-21

## Affected

- w8tcha CKEditor-WordCount-Plugin: fixed in 1.17.12
- typo3 cms-rte-ckeditor: from 10.0.0, fixed in 10.4.39; from 11.0.0, fixed in 11.5.30
- ckeditor-wordcount-plugin (npm): fixed in 1.17.12

## Description

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.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on w8tcha CKEditor-WordCount-Plugin, typo3 cms-rte-ckeditor, ckeditor-wordcount-plugin, upgrade to a fixed version (1.17.12, 10.4.39, 11.5.30) per the references below.
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## References

- https://github.com/w8tcha/CKEditor-WordCount-Plugin/security/advisories/GHSA-q9w4-w667-qqj4
- https://github.com/w8tcha/CKEditor-WordCount-Plugin/commit/0f03b3e5b7c1409998a13aba3a95396e6fa349d8
- https://github.com/w8tcha/CKEditor-WordCount-Plugin/commit/a4b154bdf35b3465320136fcb078f196b437c2f1
- https://github.com/TYPO3/typo3/security/advisories/GHSA-m8fw-p3cr-6jqc
- https://typo3.org/security/advisory/typo3-core-sa-2023-004

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