Cross-site Scripting in wicket-jquery-ui

published 2018-03-12 8 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also GHSA-pwpc-hqq2-hx2x , EUVD-2022-4840

cvss: 6.1; version 3.0, NVD
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 0.9%; EPSS 0.9% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 59%
public exploits: 0; none known

In Wicket jQuery UI 6.28.0 and earlier, 7.9.1 and earlier, and 8.0.0-M8 and earlier, a security issue has been discovered in the WYSIWYG editor that allows an attacker to submit arbitrary JS code to WYSIWYG editor.

Patch / fix

fixed in 1

maven com.googlecode.wicket-jquery-ui:wicket-jquery-ui-parent 6.28.1, 7.9.2, 8.0.0-M8.1

Exploit prediction

0.87% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 59% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
NVD	3.0	6.1	CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
NVD	2.0	4.3	AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
GitHub	3.0	6.1	CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Affected packages

ecosystem	package	affected	fixed in
maven	com.googlecode.wicket-jquery-ui:wicket-jquery-ui-parent	<6.28.1 >=7.0.0, <7.9.2 >=8.0.0-M1, <8.0.0-M8.1	6.28.1 7.9.2 8.0.0-M8.1

Affected products

Apache Software Foundation Wicket jQuery UI

Classification

Weakness

CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation

References

github.com /sebfz1/wicket-jquery-ui/wiki#cve-2017-15719---xss-in-wysiwyg-editor
web, third-party-advisory
openmeetings.apache.org /security.html#_toc_cve-2017-15719_-_wicket_jquery_ui_xss_in_wysiwyg_e
web, third-party-advisory
nvd.nist.gov /vuln/detail/CVE-2017-15719
advisory

Sources

Fencer Intel keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.

Summary