CVE-2021-42228 — kindeditor
HIGHCVE-2021-42228 is a high-severity (CVSS 8.8) Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in kindeditor. 1 public exploit reference exists, so weaponization risk is real. No vendor fix is recorded yet; mitigation options are listed below.
Cross Site Request Forgery in kindeditor
EPSS Exploitation Probability
Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, from FIRST.org EPSS.
How urgent is this, really
CVE-2021-42228 by exploitation likelihood (EPSS) against impact (CVSS). Outside the shaded patch-first corner.
Where this sits among everything scored
Of 385,738 CVEs with a current EPSS score, this one falls in the < 10% band (highlighted). Counts from FIRST.org, log-scaled.
Real-World Exposure
How broadly this vulnerability is actually deployed: weekly install volume shows current usage, and reverse-dependency count shows how many other packages break if it stays unpatched.
kindeditornpmDescription
Cross Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability exists in KindEditor 4.1.x. First, you upload an html file containing csrf on the website that uses a google editor, (you only need to search in google: inurl:/examples/uploadbutton.html) and then use the authority of this website to trick users into clicking your malicious html link.
Affected Packages
| Ecosystem | Package | Vulnerable range | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|
| 📦npm | kindeditor | all versions | No fix |
Affected Products
kindeditorkindsoftResearch use only. For defensive security, authorized penetration testing, and academic research only. Never execute exploit code against systems without explicit written authorization.
Detection & mitigation playbook
Open-source dependencyDetect
Scan your dependency tree (package-lock.json, pnpm-lock.yaml, requirements.txt, go.sum, etc.) for kindeditor, including transitive dependencies — a direct dependency you never call can still pull in a vulnerable version.
Remediation status
No patched version of kindeditor has shipped for CVE-2021-42228 yet. Where your build allows, override or pin the dependency away from the vulnerable range, and apply any maintainer-recommended mitigation.
Mitigate without a patch
If you can't upgrade right away: gate or disable the affected feature, validate untrusted input at the boundary, and avoid passing attacker-controlled data into the vulnerable path. O3's runtime protection blocks exploitation in production as an interim safeguard until the upgrade lands.
Frequently Asked Questions
Is CVE-2021-42228 in your dependencies?
Find it across npm, including transitive dependencies.