{"id":"CVE-2023-27472","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2023-27472","generatedAt":"2026-10-23T11:15:14.037Z","title":"In affected versions HTML tags in entity names are not sanitised (XSS vulnerability).","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.","published":"2023-03-06T19:15:10.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T05:45:17.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"security-advisories@github.com","cvss":{"version":"3.1","score":6.1,"severity":"MEDIUM","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N"},"cwe":["CWE-79"],"affected":["quickentity editor project/quickentity editor"],"epss":{"score":0.00323,"percentile":0.24034,"date":"2026-10-22","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"low","text":"Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.32%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"https://github.com/atampy25/quickentity-editor-next/commit/5303b45a20a6e4e9318729b8dd7bbf09b37b369d","tags":["Patch"],"source":"security-advisories@github.com"},{"url":"https://github.com/atampy25/quickentity-editor-next/security/advisories/GHSA-22gc-rq5x-fxpw","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"security-advisories@github.com"},{"url":"https://github.com/atampy25/quickentity-editor-next/commit/5303b45a20a6e4e9318729b8dd7bbf09b37b369d","tags":["Patch"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://github.com/atampy25/quickentity-editor-next/security/advisories/GHSA-22gc-rq5x-fxpw","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-27472","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}