CVE-2026-124492
Full vulnerability record from the local CVENow database.
Description
SunEditor before 3.4.0 contains a stored cross-site scripting vulnerability in ModalAnchorEditor's #createBookmarkList, which inserts entity-decoded h1-h6 header textContent into the bookmark list via innerHTML without escaping. Attackers can store HTML-encoded payloads in editor headers that execute JavaScript when a victim opens the link modal and types # in the URL input.
Severity
HIGH
CVSS score
8.3
(v4.0)
Vulnerability status
Received
Source identifier
Published
2026-11-08 14:18:18.980000
Last modified
2026-11-08 14:18:18.980000
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"id": "CVE-2026-124492",
"sourceIdentifier": "[email protected]",
"published": "2026-11-08T14:18:18.980",
"lastModified": "2026-11-08T14:18:18.980",
"vulnStatus": "Received",
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}
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"affected": [
{
"source": "[email protected]",
"affectedData": [
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"Safety": "NOT_DEFINED",
"Automatable": "NOT_DEFINED",
"Recovery": "NOT_DEFINED",
"valueDensity": "NOT_DEFINED",
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"url": "https://github.com/JiHong88/suneditor/security/advisories/GHSA-5pp5-5qrp-vq56",
"source": "[email protected]"
},
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"url": "https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/suneditor-before-3.4.0-stored-xss-via-link-modal-bookmark-list",
"source": "[email protected]"
}
]
}