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)

Published 2022-03-21 · last modified 2026-06-17.

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.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.007 (53.0th percentile), scored 2026-10-03.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 53rd percentile — 53.0% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.007 · newest: 0.007 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Hexoeditor Project — versions 1.1.8

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

References

github.com/zhuzhuyule/HexoEditor/issues/3 (Exploit, Third Party Advisory, 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.