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TI-2021-18682 Aliases CVE-2021-42228GHSA-3ww4-cp53-6g2x

A Cross Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability exists in KindEditor 4.1.x, as…

Priority MEDIUM 40CWE-352Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
Required
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
Tampering
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
High · High · High
Fix status
No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA and GitHub. Impact type from CWE-352.

Summary

A Cross Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability exists in KindEditor 4.1.x, as demonstrated by examples/uploadbutton.html.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.00989 62nd percentileScored 2026-11-07
Public exploit Yes 1 exploit referenceTagged by NVD
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
——all versions—No fix listedCNA
—kindeditor (npm)up to 4.1.12—No fix listedGHSA-3ww4-cp53-6g2x
  • — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
  • kindeditor (npm) Vendor— Affected up to 4.1.12 Fixed in — No fix listed GHSA-3ww4-cp53-6g2x

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:kindsoft:kindeditor:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*4.1 – 4.1.12VulnerableKindsoft
  • cpe:2.3:a:kindsoft:kindeditor:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 4.1 – 4.1.12 Vulnerable ·Kindsoft

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2021-42228
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-3ww4-cp53-6g2x

References

Exploit 1

Advisory 1

Other 1

  • TI-2020-17394 Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in content1 parameter in demo.jsp in kindsoft… CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.1
  • TI-2019-05324 In KindEditor 4.1.11, the php/demo.php content1 parameter has a reflected Cross-site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability. CVSS 3.0MEDIUM 6.1
  • TI-2021-18681 Cross SIte Scripting (XSS) vulnerability exists in KindEditor 4.1.x via a Google search… CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.1
  • TI-2021-15290 Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability exists in all versions of KindEditor, which can… CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.1
  • TI-2021-10657 Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability exists in KindEditor (Chinese versions) 4.1.12… CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.1
  • TI-2017-14749 Improper authentication in Kind Editor CVSS 3.0MEDIUM 4.3

Sources

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