CVE-2022-23637 MEDIUM

CVE-2022-23637: Stored Cross-Site-Scripting (XSS) in Markdown Editor

Vendor K-Box

Product k-box

Weakness CWE-79 · XSS

Published February 14, 2022

Last update April 23, 2025

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CVSS base score

6.1/10

Attack vector Network

Attack complexity Low

Privileges required None

User interaction Required

Confidentiality Low

Integrity Low

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

What the vulnerability does

01Description

K-Box is a web-based application to manage documents, images, videos and geodata. Prior to version 0.33.1, a stored Cross-Site-Scripting (XSS) vulnerability is present in the markdown editor used by the document abstract and markdown file preview. A specifically crafted anchor link can, if clicked, execute untrusted javascript actions, like retrieving user cookies. Version 0.33.1 includes a patch that allows discarding unsafe links.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

February 14, 2022 CVE published

April 23, 2025 Record updated

External resources

03References

NVD — National Vulnerability Database https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-23637 CWE — Common Weakness Enumeration https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/79.html

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