Reflected cross-site scripting (XSS) In ckeditor-wordcount-plugin

Description

ckeditor-wordcount-plugin vulnerable to Cross-site Scripting in Source Mode of Editor

Problem

It has been discovered that the ckeditor-wordcount-plugin plugin for CKEditor4 is susceptible to cross-site scripting when switching to the source code mode.

Solution

Update to version 1.17.12 of the ckeditor-wordcount-plugin plugin.

Credits

    @sypets for reporting this finding to the TYPO3 Security Team

    @ohader for fixing the issue on behalf of the TYPO3 Security Team

Mitigation

Update Impact

Minimal update. May introduce new vulnerabilities or breaking changes.

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