CVE-2019-17606 — The Post editor functionality in the hexo-admin plugin versions 2

The Post editor functionality in the hexo-admin plugin versions 2.3.0 and earlier for Node.js is vulnerable to stored XSS via the content of a post.

01What is this vulnerability?

The Post editor functionality in the hexo-admin plugin versions 2.3.0 and earlier for Node.js is vulnerable to stored XSS via the content of a post.

02Affected products

Vendor	Product	Versions
n	a / n/a	n/a

03Active exploitation status

Not currently listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. EPSS is the best forward-looking signal — see the EPSS row above.

04Recommended remediation

• Patch to a fixed version listed in the vendor advisory (see references below).
• Mitigate with WAF rules, network egress filters, or feature flags where the patch is not yet available.
• Hunt historical logs for exploitation indicators — see Detection signatures below.

05Technical details

For the full vendor write-up, exploit chains, and reference implementations, see the references list in section 09.

06Detection signatures

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07Related CVEs

No directly-cited follow-up CVEs in the KB record for this advisory. The references list in section 09 carries the vendor cross-references.

08Timeline

• Published: 2019-10-23T16:18:14.000Z
• Last modified: 2024-08-05T01:47:13.203Z

09References

• github.com — https://github.com/jaredly/hexo-admin/commits/master
• www.npmjs.com — https://www.npmjs.com/advisories
• mega.nz — https://mega.nz/#%218MYnUQzC%21ZCqixrGyHdBhimCmrszSXdFmI2feImhuZZMcnplNBQQ
• www.npmjs.com — https://www.npmjs.com/advisories/1211