CVE-2023-42371

MEDIUM 5.4CVE-2023-42371 · Published 18/09/2023 · updated 17/06/2026

In short

CVE-2023-42371 is a MEDIUM (CVSS 5.4) vulnerability affecting rich text editor (summernote).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 0.61%, higher than 49.6% of all vulnerabilities.
No patched version is listed yet: follow the vendor's advisory in References.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
rich text editor summernote	`≤ 0.8.18`	No fix yet

Description

Cross Site Scripting vulnerability in Summernote Rich Text Editor v.0.8.18 and before allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code via a crafted script to the insert link function in the editor component.

References

hacker.soarescorp.com/cve/2023-42371 · Exploit
summernote.org · Product

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