Medium

ibexa/fieldtype-richtext has an XSS vulnerability via acronym custom tag in Rich Text

  • Disclosed: 17.10.2025
  • Updated: 11.10.2026 10:22

Impact

This security advisory resolves an XSS vulnerability in acronym custom tag in Rich Text, in the back office of the DXP. Back office access and varying levels of editing and management permissions are required to exploit this vulnerability. This typically means Editor or Administrator role, or similar. Injected XSS is persistent and may in some cases be reflected in the front office, possibly affecting end users. The fixes ensure XSS is escaped, and any existing injected XSS is rendered harmless.

Patches

See "Patched versions".

Workarounds

None.

References

https://developers.ibexa.co/security-advisories/ibexa-sa-2025-004-xss-and-enumeration-vulnerabilities-in-back-office

Affected software

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PlatformPackageVulnerable versionsFixed in
Composer package ibexa/fieldtype-richtext >= 5.0.0, < 5.0.3, >= 4.6.0, < 4.6.25 5.0.3, 4.6.25

References

CVSS score -
CVSS vector
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:P/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N
Weakness (CWE)
CWE-79
Platform
Composer
Package
ibexa/fieldtype-richtext
Disclosed
17.10.2025
Updated
11.10.2026 10:22

Sources and licenses

OSV / GitHub Advisory Database - GHSA-8c2g-f8jm-5cr7 - CC BY 4.0

Vulnerability history: ibexa/fieldtype-richtext

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

Total entries
4
First → latest
08.2024 10.2025
Without a fix
0
Exploited in attacks
0

Severity breakdown

  • High 2
  • Medium 2

Disclosures per year

  1. 2024: 1
  2. 2025: 3
  3. 2026: 0
  1. ibexa/fieldtype-richtext has an XSS vulnerability via acronym custom tag in Rich Text this entry
    Medium ghsa-8c2g-f8jm-5cr7 >= 5.0.0, < 5.0.3, >= 4.6.0, < 4.6.25 5.0.3, 4.6.25
  2. Medium ghsa-9qv6-4pwm-m68f >= 4.6.0-beta1, < 4.6.21 4.6.21
  3. High ghsa-cj3w-g42v-wcj6 >= 4.6.0-beta1, < 4.6.19 4.6.19
  4. High · 7.2 CVE-2024-43369 >= 4.6.0, < 4.6.10 4.6.10

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