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CVE-2020-4061
Cross-site Scripting in OctoberPotential self-XSS when pasting content from malicious websites
Low3.7EPSS 0.82%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- GitHub_M
Description
In October from version 1.0.319 and before version 1.0.467, pasting content copied from malicious websites into the Froala richeditor could result in a successful self-XSS attack. This has been fixed in 1.0.467.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| GitHub_MCNA (assigner) | 3.1 | Low3.7 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N |
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | Medium5.4 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.82% · top 43% of all CVEs (6 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Low 3.7.
Weakness
Affected products
- affected >= 1.0.319, < 1.0.467
Affected packages
From reviewed advisories of the GitHub Advisory Database.
- Packagistoctober/backendGHSA-3pc2-fm7p-q2vg (opens in a new tab)
References (3)
- https://github.com/octobercms/october/security/advisories/GHSA-3pc2-fm7p-q2vg (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- https://github.com/octobercms/october/commit/b384954a29b89117e1c0d6035b3ede4f46df67c5 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://research.securitum.com/the-curious-case-of-copy-paste/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisory GHSA-3pc2-fm7p-q2vg (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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