Medium

Cross-Site Scripting in editor.md

  • Disclosed: 14.03.2019
  • Updated: 11.10.2026 10:22

All versions of editor.md are vulnerable to Cross-Site Scripting. User input is insufficiently sanitized, allowing attackers to inject malicious code in payloads containing base64-encoded content.

Recommendation

No fix is currently available. Consider using an alternative module until a fix is made available.

Affected software

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PlatformPackageVulnerable versionsFixed in
npm package editor.md = 1.5.0 no fix

References

CVSS score 6.1/10
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Weakness (CWE)
CWE-79
Platform
npm
Package
editor.md
Disclosed
14.03.2019
Updated
11.10.2026 10:22

Sources and licenses

OSV / GitHub Advisory Database - GHSA-2j5v-fc74-j9q2 - CC BY 4.0

Vulnerability history: editor.md

All published vulnerabilities of this package (npm package), newest first. Shows whether this is a one-off slip or a package that needs watching.

Total entries
8
First → latest
09.2018 05.2023
Without a fix
8
Exploited in attacks
0

Severity breakdown

  • Medium 8

Disclosures per year

  1. 2018: 2
  2. 2019: 3
  3. 2020: 0
  4. 2021: 0
  5. 2022: 0
  6. 2023: 3
  7. 2024: 0
  8. 2025: 0
  9. 2026: 0
  1. Medium · 6.1 CVE-2023-29641 <= 1.5.0 no fix
  2. Medium · 6.1 CVE-2019-14517 = 1.5.0 no fix
  3. Medium · 6.1 CVE-2019-14653 = 1.5.0 no fix
  4. Cross-Site Scripting in editor.md this entry
    Medium · 6.1 CVE-2019-9737 = 1.5.0 no fix
  5. Medium · 6.1 CVE-2018-19056 = 1.5.0 no fix
  6. Medium · 6.1 CVE-2018-16330 = 1.5.0 no fix

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