@webiny/react-rich-text-renderer before 5.37.2 allows XSS attacks by content managers.
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- High
- User interaction
- Required
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Cross-site scripting
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- Low · Low · None
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA and GitHub. Impact type from CWE-79.
Summary
@webiny/react-rich-text-renderer before 5.37.2 allows XSS attacks by content managers. This is a react component to render data coming from Webiny Headless CMS and Webiny Form Builder. Webiny is an open-source serverless enterprise CMS. The @webiny/react-rich-text-renderer package depends on the editor.js rich text editor to handle rich text content. The CMS stores rich text content from the editor.js into the database. When the @webiny/react-rich-text-renderer is used to render such content, it uses the dangerouslySetInnerHTML prop, without applying HTML sanitization. The issue arises when an actor, who in this context would specifically be a content manager with access to the CMS, inserts a malicious script as part of the user-defined input. This script is then injected and executed within the user's browser when the main page or admin page loads.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — | all versions | — | No fix listed | CNA |
| — | @webiny/react-rich-text-renderer (npm) | before 5.37.2 | 5.37.2 | Patch available | GHSA-3x59-vrmc-5mx6 |
- — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
- @webiny/react-rich-text-renderer (npm) Vendor— Affected before 5.37.2 Fixed in 5.37.2 Patch available GHSA-3x59-vrmc-5mx6
Remediation
- Fix · GHSA-3x59-vrmc-5mx6 @webiny/react-rich-text-renderer (npm) Fixed in 5.37.2 Advisory →
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2023-41167
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-3x59-vrmc-5mx6
References
Sources
- CVE-2023-41167 · CVE Program
- CVE-2023-41167 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-3x59-vrmc-5mx6 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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