CVE-2020-4061 (GCVE-0-2020-4061)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2020-07-02 16:55 – Updated: 2024-08-04 07:52
VLAI
Title
Cross-site Scripting in OctoberPotential self-XSS when pasting content from malicious websites
Summary
In October from version 1.0.319 and before version 1.0.467, pasting content copied from malicious websites into the Froala richeditor could result in a successful self-XSS attack. This has been fixed in 1.0.467.
Severity
3.7 (Low)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
CWE
  • CWE-79 - Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
October CMS October Affected: >= 1.0.319, < 1.0.467
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