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Security checkNovember 09, 2023

ckeditor-wordcount-plugin vulnerable to Cross-site Scripting in Source Mode of Editor

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Medium severitynpmckeditor-wordcount-plugin

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Description

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.

Recommendation

Update the ckeditor-wordcount-plugin package to the latest compatible version. Followings are version details:

  • Affected version(s): <= 1.17.11
  • Patched version(s): 1.17.12

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