quickentity-editor-next up to 1.28.0 Entity Name cross site scripting

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability labeled as problematic has been found in quickentity-editor-next up to 1.28.0. Impacted is an unknown function of the component Entity Name Handler. The manipulation results in cross site scripting. This vulnerability is cataloged as CVE-2023-27472. The attack may be launched remotely. There is no exploit available. The affected component should be upgraded.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in quickentity-editor-next up to 1.28.0. It has been classified as problematic. Affected is an unknown part of the component Entity Name Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a cross site scripting vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-79. The product does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes user-controllable input before it is placed in output that is used as a web page that is served to other users. This is going to have an impact on integrity. CVE summarizes:

quickentity-editor-next is an open source, system local, video game asset editor. In affected versions HTML tags in entity names are not sanitised (XSS vulnerability). Allows arbitrary code execution within the browser sandbox, among other things, simply from loading a file containing a script tag in any entity name. This issue has been patched in version 1.28.1 of the application. Users are advised to upgrade. There are no known workarounds for this vulnerability.

The weakness was shared 03/07/2023 as GHSA-22gc-rq5x-fxpw. The advisory is available at github.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2023-27472 since 03/01/2023. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. This vulnerability is assigned to T1059.007 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

Upgrading to version 1.28.1 eliminates this vulnerability. Applying the patch 5303b45a20a6e4e9318729b8dd7bbf09b37b369d is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at github.com. The best possible mitigation is suggested to be upgrading to the latest version.

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Name

• quickentity-editor-next

Version

• 1.0
• 1.1
• 1.2
• 1.3
• 1.4
• 1.5
• 1.6
• 1.7
• 1.8
• 1.9
• 1.10
• 1.11
• 1.12
• 1.13
• 1.14
• 1.15
• 1.16
• 1.17
• 1.18
• 1.19
• 1.20
• 1.21
• 1.22
• 1.23
• 1.24
• 1.25
• 1.26
• 1.27
• 1.28.0

License

• open-source

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