CVE-2022-23461
Published: 24 September 2022
Summary
CVE-2022-23461 is a medium-severity Cross-site Scripting (CWE-79) vulnerability in Xdsoft Jodit Editor. Its CVSS base score is 5.4 (Medium).
Operationally, ranked at the 28.3th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog; a public proof-of-concept is referenced.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2022-6682
Vulnerability details
Jodit Editor is a WYSIWYG editor written in pure TypeScript without the use of additional libraries. Jodit Editor is vulnerable to XSS attacks when pasting specially constructed input. This issue has not been fully patched. There are no known workarounds.
- CWE(s)
Related Threats
No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.
Affected Assets
Mitigating Controls
Likely Mitigating Controls AI
Per-CVE control mapping for this CVE has not run yet; the list below is derived from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry.
Penetration testing submits XSS payloads to web applications, detecting cross-site scripting flaws for subsequent remediation.
Validates web inputs to reject script-related content that could produce XSS.
Output validation against expected content can reject or sanitize script content in generated web pages, reducing XSS exploitability.