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CVE-2022-23637: Stored Cross-Site-Scripting (XSS) in Markdown Editor

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.4 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2022-02-14 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-79

Description

K-Box is a web-based application to manage documents, images, videos and geodata. Prior to version 0.33.1, a stored Cross-Site-Scripting (XSS) vulnerability is present in the markdown editor used by the document abstract and markdown file preview. A specifically crafted anchor link can, if clicked, execute untrusted javascript actions, like retrieving user cookies. Version 0.33.1 includes a patch that allows discarding unsafe links.

Affected products

• k-box: before 0.33.1 — fixed in 0.33.1

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: k-box 0.33.1. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://github.com/k-box/k-box/commit/3bb4df9a4d01aade5bffaa603a514d1a5fabd214
• https://github.com/k-box/k-box/security/advisories/GHSA-wwcw-h4mf-mvxf
• https://github.com/k-box/k-box/commit/3bb4df9a4d01aade5bffaa603a514d1a5fabd214
• https://github.com/k-box/k-box/security/advisories/GHSA-wwcw-h4mf-mvxf

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