TI-2026-20688 Aliases CVE-2026-25581 GHSA-25fq-6qgg-qpj8

SCEditor affected by DOM XSS via emoticon URL/HTML injection

LOW 24CWE-79Published 2026-02-06 · Updated 2026-02-09

Key facts

Attack vector: Network
Privileges required: Low
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 · CNA. Fix status from CNA and GitHub. Impact type from CWE-79.

Summary

SCEditor is a lightweight WYSIWYG BBCode and XHTML editor. Prior to 3.2.1, if an attacker has the ability control configuration options passed to sceditor.create(), like emoticons, charset, etc. then it's possible for them to trigger an XSS attack due to lack of sanitisation of configuration options. This vulnerability is fixed in 3.2.1.

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV

EPSS 0.00245 15th percentileScored 2026-11-07

Public exploit Yes 1 exploit referenceTagged by NVD

Fix Fixed SCEditor (samclarke): 3.2.1sceditor (npm): 3.2.1

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
samclarke	SCEditor	before 3.2.1	3.2.1	Patch available	CNA
—	sceditor (npm)	before 3.2.1	3.2.1	Patch available	GHSA-25fq-6qgg-qpj8

SCEditor Vendorsamclarke Affected before 3.2.1 Fixed in 3.2.1 Patch available CNA
sceditor (npm) Vendor— Affected before 3.2.1 Fixed in 3.2.1 Patch available GHSA-25fq-6qgg-qpj8

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPE	Versions	Role	Vendor
cpe:2.3:a:sceditor:sceditor::::::::	before 3.2.1	Vulnerable	Sceditor

cpe:2.3:a:sceditor:sceditor:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions before 3.2.1 Vulnerable ·Sceditor

Remediation

Fix · CNA SCEditor (samclarke) Fixed in 3.2.1
Fix · GHSA-25fq-6qgg-qpj8 sceditor (npm) Fixed in 3.2.1 Advisory →

Timeline

2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-25581
2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-25fq-6qgg-qpj8

References

TI-2019-14027 SCEditor 2.1.3 allows XSS. CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.1

Sources

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