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Security checkJanuary 29, 2023

DOM-based cross-site scripting in Froala Editor

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Medium severitynpmfroala-editor

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Description

Froala WYSIWYG HTML Editor is a lightweight WYSIWYG HTML Editor written in JavaScript that enables rich text editing capabilities for web applications. A DOM-based cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability exists in versions before 3.2.3 because HTML code in the editor is not correctly sanitized when inserted into the DOM.

Recommendation

Update the froala-editor package to the latest compatible version. Followings are version details:

  • Affected version(s): < 3.2.3
  • Patched version(s): 3.2.3

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