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Type: advisorySources: OSVCVE: CVE-2018-6464

Simditor v2.3.11 allows XSS via crafted use of svg/onload=alert in a TEXTAREA element, as demonstrated by Firefox 54.0.1.

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CVE-2018-6464
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1 Nov 2026, 06:52 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

CVE-2018-6464

core-osv · Original source

Published 31 Jan 2018, 18:29 UTC

Simditor v2.3.11 allows XSS via crafted use of svg/onload=alert in a TEXTAREA element, as demonstrated by Firefox 54.0.1.

osv:CVE-2018-6464
Complete source record
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  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2018-6464",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "CVE-2018-6464",
    "summary": "Simditor v2.3.11 allows XSS via crafted use of svg/onload=alert in a TEXTAREA element, as demonstrated by Firefox 54.0.1.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2018-6464",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "medium",
    "structured": {
      "id": "CVE-2018-6464",
      "aliases": [
        "CVE-2018-6464",
        "GHSA-p9wj-wrrm-84m5"
      ],
      "metrics": [
        {
          "type": "CVSS_V3",
          "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N"
        }
      ],
      "affected": [
        {
          "ranges": [
            {
              "repo": "https://github.com/mycolorway/simditor",
              "type": "GIT",
              "events": [
                {
                  "introduced": "06e8aee20ca7190379794d2b3f0e6c27d93a1a87"
                },
                {
                  "last_affected": "06e8aee20ca7190379794d2b3f0e6c27d93a1a87"
                }
              ],
              "database_specific": {
                "extracted_events": [
                  {
                    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:mycolorway:simditor:2.3.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                    "range": [
                      {
                        "introduced": "2.3.11"
                      },
                      {
                        "last_affected": "2.3.11"
                      }
                    ],
                    "source": "CPE_STRING"
                  }
                ]
              }
            }
          ],
          "versions": [
            "2.3.11",
            "v2.3.11"
          ],
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2018-6464.json"
          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-24T10:30:45.683572891Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://github.com/Heartway/simditor/blob/master/simditor.docx"
      ],
      "provider_metadata": {}
    },
    "related_cves": [
      {
        "value": "CVE-2018-6464",
        "evidence": "/id"
      }
    ],
    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 436166,
  "published_at": "2018-01-31T18:29:00.473+00:00"
}