Medium severity · published Sep 28, 2018
CVE-2018-14037
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Progress Kendo UI Editor v2018.1.221 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary JavaScript into the DOM of the WYSIWYG editor because…
6.1
CVSS
1.2%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Progress Kendo UI Editor v2018.1.221 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary JavaScript into the DOM of the WYSIWYG editor because of the editorNS.Serializer toEditableHtml function in kendo.all.min.js. If the victim accesses the editor, the payload gets executed. Furthermore, if the payload is reflected at any other resource that does rely on the sanitisation of the editor itself, the JavaScript payload will be executed in the context of the application. This allows attackers (in the worst case) to take over user sessions.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
Low
Availability
None
Scope
Changed
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)1.2% · higher than 67% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
KU
Kendo UI · Progress
2018.1.221 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-14037
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-14037
Mailing List
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2018/Sep/49
Mailing List
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2018/Sep/50
Exploit
https://www.sec-consult.com/en/blog/advisories/stored-cross-site-scripting-in-kendo-ui-editor-cve-2018-14037/
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