What is CVE-2017-6589?

CVE-2017-6589 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Epiceditor Project, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2017-03-09.

How severe is CVE-2017-6589?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.

XSS in Epiceditor Project

CVE-2017-6589

EpicEditor through 0.2.3 has Cross-Site Scripting because of an insecure default marked.js configuration. An example attack vector is a crafted IMG element in an HTML document.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

EPSS: 0.007 (48.8th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.1 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N.

Affected products

Epiceditor_project Epiceditor
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

References

cve@mitre.org (Technical Description, Exploit, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-6589?: CVE-2017-6589 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Epiceditor Project, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2017-03-09.
How severe is CVE-2017-6589?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.