Is CVE-2023-27472 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2023-27472 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2023-27472?

CVE-2023-27472 has a CVSS v3 base score of 8.2 (HIGH).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2023-27472?

CVE-2023-27472 has an EPSS score of 0.32% (24th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2023-27472?

Upgrade quickentity editor to 1.28.1 or later.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2023-27472

HIGH

8.2

CVSS v3

NVD

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.

CWE-79Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)

How to fix

Remediation Available

quickentity editorNVD

Affected:< 1.28.1Fixed in:1.28.1CVE-2023-27472derived from NVD

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorLocal

Attack ComplexityLow

Privileges RequiredNone

User InteractionRequired

ScopeChanged

Impact

ConfidentialityHigh

IntegrityHigh

AvailabilityNone

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N

Exploit Intelligence

0.32%probability of exploitation in 30 days

24thpercentile

Low risk: more likely to be exploited than 24% of all known CVEs.

References

Patch1

github.com

Third-Party Advisory1

github.com

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CVE-2018-12998	Medium	6.1	98%	-	-
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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2024-11-21.