# CVE-2026-59167: SunEditor: Critical XSS vulnerability - sanitizer bypass

- Also known as: GHSA-6RF4-V2FH-M6P4
- Severity: CVSS 10.0 (Critical), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=poc, automatable=yes, technicalImpact=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 2.47.11
- Published: 2026-09-23 · Updated: 2026-09-24

## Affected

- JiHong88 suneditor: fixed in 2.47.11
- suneditor (npm): fixed in 2.47.11

## Description

SunEditor is a lightweight and powerful WYSIWYG editor in vanilla JavaScript with no dependencies. Prior to 2.47.11, the sanitizer in src/lib/core.js does not consistently reject namespaced or custom HTML elements, allowing event-handler attributes to remain on crafted elements. When an application renders attacker-controlled editor content and a user interacts with the element, the retained handler can execute script in the application's browser origin, enabling stored cross-site scripting, data exposure, or unauthorized browser-context actions. This issue is fixed in version 2.47.11.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on JiHong88 suneditor, suneditor, upgrade to a fixed version (2.47.11) per the references below.
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## References

- https://github.com/JiHong88/suneditor/security/advisories/GHSA-6rf4-v2fh-m6p4
- https://github.com/JiHong88/suneditor/issues/1646
- https://github.com/JiHong88/suneditor/commit/a94ace269c7102bfb6de58a27a6547bc4eb09045
- https://github.com/JiHong88/suneditor/releases/tag/2.47.11

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