CVE-2023-37905

mediumpriority · track · 24EPSS 0.006 · 47 %ileDEEUUS

grimoire priorityP3 · Track

Exploitable?

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no known exploitation

Likely / severe?

0.57% (47th) EPSS

CVSS 6.1 · medium

Is it mine?

5 products

Check your exposure

Who says so?

5 sources

cnnvd · enisa_euvd · nvd · osv

EPSS · scored 2026-10-27

ckeditor-wordcount-plugin is an open source WordCount Plugin for CKEditor. 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. This issue has been addressed in version 1.17.12 of the `ckeditor-wordcount-plugin` plugin and users are advised to upgrade. There are no known workarounds for this vulnerability.

cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

6.1

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode

v3.16.1mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:Nprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 2.8 · impact 2.7

v3.16.1mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:Nsecondary · ENISA EU

v3.16.1mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:Nsecondary · security-advisories@github.comexploitability 2.8 · impact 2.7

v3.16.1mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:Nsecondary · OSV

v3.15.6mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N/E:Usecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

ssvc

A stakeholder decision — act, attend, or track — from exploitation and impact.

Trackcoordinatorcisa_ssvcUS

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-79USCWE-79US

affected products (5)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

CKEditor-WordCount-Plugin≤ < 1.17.12enisa_euvdEU
cms-rte-ckeditor10.0.0, → 10.4.39enisa_euvdEU
cms-rte-ckeditor11.0.0, → 11.5.30enisa_euvdEU
ckeditor-wordcount-plugin project ckeditor-wordcount-plugin< 1.17.12nvdUScpe:2.3:a:ckeditor-wordcount-plugin_project:ckeditor-wordcount-plugin:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
npm ckeditor-wordcount-plugin< 1.17.12osvUSpkg:npm/ckeditor-wordcount-plugin

advisories (2)

Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.

WID-SEC-W-2023-1878TYPO3 Core: Mehrere SchwachstellenDeutsch2023-07-24csaf · cert_bundDE
Ein entfernter, anonymer Angreifer kann mehrere Schwachstellen in TYPO3 Core ausnutzen, um einen Cross-Site Scripting Angriff durchzuführen oder Informationen offenzulegen.
GHSA-q9w4-w667-qqj4ckeditor-wordcount-plugin vulnerable to Cross-site Scripting in Source Mode of Editor2023-07-10ghsa · osvUS
### 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

also known as (3)

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sources

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cnnvd enisa_euvd nvd osv cert_bund NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2023-07-21modified 2026-06-17

references (16)

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

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