01 Record
CVE-2026-59167
SunEditor: Critical XSS vulnerability - sanitizer bypass
CriticalPUBLISHEDCNA: GitHub_M
CNA base score10.0 CVSS v3.xCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
02 Description
SunEditor: Critical XSS vulnerability - sanitizer bypass
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Public exploit code exists. CISA's assessment records a public proof of concept. That is not a report of exploitation in the wild.
- SSVC decision
- ExploitationpocPublic proof-of-concept exploit code exists. Not a report of exploitation in the wild.
- AutomatableyesAn attacker can reliably automate reconnaissance through exploitation, so this scales.
- Technical ImpacttotalSuccessful exploitation gives total control of the vulnerable component.
- EPSS probability
- 0.49% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 42.4% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 10.0 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
- NVD analysis status
- Awaiting Analysis. NVD last modified this record on 2026-09-24.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2026-09-23 13:52Z1 MO AGO
- Last updated
- 2026-09-24 14:52Z1 MO AGO
- Reserved
- 2026-07-02
- Assigning CNA
- GitHub_M
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Critical (CVSS 10.0)
- CNA CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Weaknesses
- CWE-79Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')Base
- Data version
- 5.2
- Document digest
- 19b6cf99e4e949e7f28e105d4b4e0026c74e1b84e3bd084d09cad7dd980df68c
05 Affected products
VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
06 References
- github.comhttps://github.com/JiHong88/suneditor/security/advisories/GHSA-6rf4-v2fh-m6p4
- github.comhttps://github.com/JiHong88/suneditor/issues/1646
- github.comhttps://github.com/JiHong88/suneditor/commit/a94ace269c7102bfb6de58a27a6547bc4eb09045
- github.comhttps://github.com/JiHong88/suneditor/releases/tag/2.47.11