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This vulnerability is fixed in 3.2.1.","severity":{"version":"3.1","score":5.4,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N","level":"medium","assessor":"cna","from":"cve"},"epss":{"day":"2026-11-10","score":0.00245,"percentile":0.15882,"model":"v2026.06.15"},"facts":{"in_kev":false,"known_exploited":false,"public_exploit":false,"fix_available":true},"cwes":["CWE-79"],"published":"2026-02-06T18:34:30Z","modified":"2026-10-28T02:31:13Z","fixes":[{"ecosystem":"npm","package":"sceditor","fixed_in":["3.2.1"],"sources":["ghsa","osv"]}],"affected":[{"source":"ghsa","ecosystem":"npm","package":"sceditor","ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"last_affected":"3.2.0"},{"fixed":"3.2.1"}]}]},{"source":"osv","ecosystem":"npm","package":"sceditor","ranges":[{"type":"SEMVER","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"3.2.1"}]}]}],"products":[{"vendor":"samclarke","product":"sceditor"},{"vendor":"sceditor","product":"sceditor"}],"references":[{"url":"https://github.com/samclarke/SCEditor/security/advisories/GHSA-25fq-6qgg-qpj8","tags":["x_refsource_CONFIRM","Exploit","Vendor Advisory","advisory","web"]},{"url":"https://github.com/samclarke/SCEditor/commit/5733aed4f0e257cb78e1ba191715fc458cbd473d","tags":["x_refsource_MISC","Patch","fix","web"]},{"url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-25581","tags":["advisory"]},{"url":"https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-25fq-6qgg-qpj8"},{"url":"https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/25xxx/CVE-2026-25581.json","tags":["advisory"]},{"url":"https://github.com/samclarke/SCEditor","tags":["package"]}],"sources":{"cve":[{"id":"CVE-2026-25581","title":"SCEditor affected by DOM XSS via emoticon URL/HTML injection","description":"SCEditor is a lightweight WYSIWYG BBCode and XHTML editor. 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This vulnerability is fixed in 3.2.1.","status":"published","published":"2026-02-06T20:58:02Z","modified":"2026-02-09T15:27:43Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":5.4,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N","level":"medium"}],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T19:48:42.465921Z"}],"ghsa":[{"id":"GHSA-25fq-6qgg-qpj8","title":"SCEditor has DOM XSS via emoticon URL/HTML injection","description":"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.\n\nProof of concept:\n\n```js\nsceditor.create(textarea, {\n  emoticons: {\n    dropdown: { ':)': { url: 'x\" onerror=\"window.__xss = true' } }\n  }\n});\n```","status":"published","published":"2026-02-06T18:34:30Z","modified":"2026-02-06T21:43:39Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":5.4,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N","level":"medium"}],"cwes":["CWE-79"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:39:23.728882Z"}],"nvd":[{"id":"CVE-2026-25581","description":"SCEditor is a lightweight WYSIWYG BBCode and XHTML editor. 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