SunEditor before 3.4.0 contains a stored cross-site scripting vulnerability because the html.clean() sanitizer's _normalizeURL() function decodes named entities like : to an empty string. Attackers can inject href values such as javascript: that pass the _isSafeURL() check but are decoded by browsers, executing JavaScript when victims click stored links.

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Description SunEditor before 3.4.0 contains a stored cross-site scripting vulnerability because the html.clean() sanitizer's _normalizeURL() function decodes named entities like : to an empty string. Attackers can inject href values such as javascript: that pass the _isSafeURL() check but are decoded by browsers, executing JavaScript when victims click stored links.
Title SunEditor before 3.4.0 Stored XSS via : Entity Sanitizer Bypass
Weaknesses CWE-79
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Metrics cvssV4_0

{'score': 9.3, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:H/SI:H/SA:N'}


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Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: VulnCheck

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Updated: 2026-11-08T13:16:09.907Z

Reserved: 2026-11-08T02:21:16.290Z

Link: CVE-2026-124494

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Status : Received

Published: 2026-11-08T14:18:19.277

Modified: 2026-11-08T14:18:19.277

Link: CVE-2026-124494

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