Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) in Jodit Editor
Priority MEDIUM 60CWE-79Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- Required
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Cross-site scripting
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- Low · Low · None
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA and GitHub. Impact type from CWE-79.
Summary
Jodit Editor is a WYSIWYG editor written in pure TypeScript without the use of additional libraries. Jodit Editor is vulnerable to XSS attacks when pasting specially constructed input. This issue has not been fully patched. There are no known workarounds.
Why it matters now
Exploitation Proof of concept CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00619 49th 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
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- Poc
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Partial
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| xdan | Jodit Editor | 3.20.4 – 3.20.4 | — | No fix listed | CNA |
| — | jodit (npm) | up to 3.24.2 | — | No fix listed | GHSA-42hx-vrxx-5r6v |
- Jodit Editor Vendorxdan Affected 3.20.4 – 3.20.4 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
- jodit (npm) Vendor— Affected up to 3.24.2 Fixed in — No fix listed GHSA-42hx-vrxx-5r6v
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2022-23461
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-42hx-vrxx-5r6v
References
More xdan vulnerabilities
- TI-2026-41956 Jodit Editor: Mutation XSS in jodit clean-html via a MathML/style rawtext carrier CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.2
- TI-2026-40339 Jodit Editor: Prototype Pollution in Jodit via Jodit.modules.Helpers.set() CVSS 4.0MEDIUM 6.3
- TI-2026-39562 Jodit Editor: Prototype pollution via Jodit.configure() / ConfigMerge CVSS 4.0MEDIUM 6.3
- TI-2026-44496 Jodit has incomplete javascript: scheme normalization in sanitizeHTMLElement href check that allows link XSS CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.4
- TI-2026-46914 Jodit has cross-site scripting (XSS) via <script> nested in SVG that bypasses clean-html sanitization CVSS 4.0MEDIUM 5.3
Sources
- CVE-2022-23461 · CVE Program
- CVE-2022-23461 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-42hx-vrxx-5r6v · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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