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HTML tags in entity names in the tree view are not sanitised

High
atampy25 published GHSA-22gc-rq5x-fxpw Mar 5, 2023

Package

QuickEntity Editor

Affected versions

<1.28.1

Patched versions

1.28.1

Description

Impact

HTML tags in entity names are not sanitised (XSS vulnerability). Allows arbitrary code execution within the browser sandbox, among other things, simply from loading a file containing a script tag in any entity name.

Patches

Patched in version 1.28.1 of the application.

Workarounds

No possible workaround other than updating the application.

Severity

High
7.7
/ 10

CVSS base metrics

Attack vector
Local
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
None
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

CVE ID

CVE-2023-27472

Weaknesses