CVE-2023-27472
In affected versions HTML tags in entity names are not sanitised (XSS vulnerability).
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.32%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
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.
- CVSS 3.1
- 6.1 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
- EPSS
- 0.32% probability · 23th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-79
- Affected
- quickentity editor project/quickentity editor
- Source
- security-advisories@github.com
EPSS 0.3% since 4 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- https://github.com/atampy25/quickentity-editor-next/commit/5303b45a20a6e4e9318729b8dd7bbf09b37b369dPatch
- https://github.com/atampy25/quickentity-editor-next/security/advisories/GHSA-22gc-rq5x-fxpwThird Party Advisory
- https://github.com/atampy25/quickentity-editor-next/commit/5303b45a20a6e4e9318729b8dd7bbf09b37b369dPatch
- https://github.com/atampy25/quickentity-editor-next/security/advisories/GHSA-22gc-rq5x-fxpwThird Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.