code16 Sharp vulnerable to stored XSS via iframe srcdoc Attribute

An attacker with permission to edit an Editor field can store malicious scripts through an improperly sanitised iframe attribute in the rich text editor. The scripts run when other users view the content, potentially allowing session theft, account takeover, privilege escalation or admin panel data theft.

Check composer.lock for code16/sharp: versions below 9.22.5 are affected, and 9.22.5 contains the fix. Check whether your project uses Editor fields whose content can be edited by an attacker and viewed by other users.

If you cannot upgrade immediately, manually sanitise all editor field content to strip srcdoc attributes.

Impact

A Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability exists in the rich text editor due to improper sanitization of the srcdoc attribute on <iframe> elements.

While the underlying Symfony HtmlSanitizer correctly HTML-encodes special characters inside the attribute value (e.g., converting <script> to <script>), the HTML specification mandates that browsers automatically decode HTML entities inside attribute values before processing them. As a result, any encoded JavaScript inside a srcdoc attribute is evaluated and executed as live HTML/JS in the context of the iframe when the page is rendered.

An attacker with permissions to edit an Editor field can inject malicious scripts to target other users viewing the content. Potential impacts include:

• Session Hijacking (stealing admin session cookies via document.cookie)
• Account Takeover & Privilege Escalation (e.g., a low-privileged editor triggering actions as an Administrator)
• Admin panel data theft

Patches

The vulnerability has been patched in version v9.22.5.

The fix explicitly removes srcdoc from the list of allowed iframe attributes in src/Utils/Sanitization/FormatsSanitizedValue.php.

Workarounds

Users who cannot upgrade immediately can manually sanitize all content of editor fields to strip srcdoc attributes.