What is CVE-2022-24656?

CVE-2022-24656 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Hexoeditor Project, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2022-03-21.

How severe is CVE-2022-24656?

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

XSS in Hexoeditor Project

CVE-2022-24656

HexoEditor 1.1.8 is affected by Cross Site Scripting (XSS). By putting a common XSS payload in a markdown file, if opened with the app, will execute several times.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

EPSS: 0.007 (51.6th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.1 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N.

Affected products

Hexoeditor_project Hexoeditor — versions 1.1.8
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

References

cve@mitre.org (Exploit, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC, Issue Tracking)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-24656?: CVE-2022-24656 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Hexoeditor Project, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2022-03-21.
How severe is CVE-2022-24656?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.