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CVE-2023-27472: HTML tags in entity names in the tree view are not sanitised in quickentity-editor-next

• Severity: medium (CVSS 6.1 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2023-03-06 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-79

Description

quickentity-editor-next is an open source, system local, video game asset editor. In affected versions HTML tags in entity names are not sanitised (XSS vulnerability). Allows arbitrary code execution within the browser sandbox, among other things, simply from loading a file containing a script tag in any entity name. This issue has been patched in version 1.28.1 of the application. Users are advised to upgrade. There are no known workarounds for this vulnerability.

Affected products

• atampy25 quickentity-editor-next: before 1.28.1 — fixed in 1.28.1

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: atampy25 quickentity-editor-next 1.28.1. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://github.com/atampy25/quickentity-editor-next/commit/5303b45a20a6e4e9318729b8dd7bbf09b37b369d
• https://github.com/atampy25/quickentity-editor-next/security/advisories/GHSA-22gc-rq5x-fxpw
• https://github.com/atampy25/quickentity-editor-next/commit/5303b45a20a6e4e9318729b8dd7bbf09b37b369d
• https://github.com/atampy25/quickentity-editor-next/security/advisories/GHSA-22gc-rq5x-fxpw

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