CVE-2021-42227

6.1 MEDIUM

Cross SIte Scripting (XSS) vulnerability exists in KindEditor 4.1.x via a Google search inurl:/examples/uploadbutton.html and then the .h...

Published: 2021-10-14 · Last updated: 2026-06-17

Severity and scoring

CVSS: 6.1 MEDIUM
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
CWE: CWE-79

Affected products

Vendor	Product
kindsoft	kindeditor

Description

Cross SIte Scripting (XSS) vulnerability exists in KindEditor 4.1.x via a Google search inurl:/examples/uploadbutton.html and then the .html file on the website that uses this editor (the file suffix is allowed).

Source: NVD

References

[NVD]https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-42227
[Exploit reference]https://github.com/kindsoft/kindeditor/issues/336
[Exploit reference]https://github.com/kindsoft/kindeditor/issues/336

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