CVE-2019-9737
Cross-Site Scripting in editor.md
Editor.md 1.5.0 has DOM-based XSS via vectors involving the '<EMBED SRC="data:image/svg+xml' substring.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- Required
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- Low
- Integrity
- Low
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
Editor.md 1.5.0 has DOM-based XSS via vectors involving the '<EMBED SRC="data:image/svg+xml' substring.
- Record
CVE-2019-9737- CVSS 3.1
- 6.1 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N - CVSS 2.0
- 4.3 Medium
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-79
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
Editor.md 1.5.0 has DOM-based XSS via vectors involving the '<EMBED SRC="data:image/svg+xml' substring.
- Record
CVE-2019-9737- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2019-0368 No score
Editor.md 1.5.0 has DOM-based XSS via vectors involving the '<EMBED SRC="data:image/svg+xml' substring.
- Record
EUVD-2019-0368- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-2j5v-fc74-j9q2
Cross-Site Scripting in editor.md
All versions of editor.md are vulnerable to Cross-Site Scripting. User input is insufficiently sanitized, allowing attackers to inject malicious code in payloads containing base64-encoded content.
Recommendation
No fix is currently available. Consider using an alternative module until a fix is made available.
- Record
GHSA-2j5v-fc74-j9q2- CVSS 3.1
- 6.1 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-79
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSV
Editor.md 1.5.0 has DOM-based XSS via vectors involving the '<EMBED SRC="data:image/svg+xml' substring.
- Record
CVE-2019-9737- CVSS 3.1
- 6.1 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVGHSA-2j5v-fc74-j9q2
Cross-Site Scripting in editor.md
All versions of editor.md are vulnerable to Cross-Site Scripting. User input is insufficiently sanitized, allowing attackers to inject malicious code in payloads containing base64-encoded content.
Recommendation
No fix is currently available. Consider using an alternative module until a fix is made available.
- Record
GHSA-2j5v-fc74-j9q2- CVSS 3.1
- 6.1 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-79
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
Affected packages
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2019-9737 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 6.1) in Ipandao Editor.md, published March 13, 2019. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.86%, the 58th percentile. No source names a fixed version.