GitHub Advisoryadvisory · npm
GHSA-4fc4-4p5g-6w89 Cross-site Scripting in CKEditor4
MEDIUM
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- Aliases
- CVE-2022-24728
- Ecosystem
- npm
- Packages
- ckeditor4
- Severity
- Moderate
- CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
- Weaknesses
- CWE-79
- Reviewed
- 2022-03-16
Affected packages
• npm ckeditor4: < 4.18.0 → fixed in 4.18.0
Description
Affected packages
The vulnerability has been discovered in the core HTML processing module and may affect all plugins used by CKEditor 4.
Impact
A potential vulnerability has been discovered in CKEditor 4 HTML processing core module. The vulnerability allowed to inject malformed HTML bypassing content sanitization, which could result in executing JavaScript code. It affects all users using the CKEditor 4 at version < 4.18.0.
Patches
The problem has been recognized and patched. The fix will be available in version 4.18.0.
For more information
Email us at [email protected] if you have any questions or comments about this advisory.
Acknowledgements
The CKEditor 4 team would like to thank GHSL team member Kevin Backhouse (@kevinbackhouse) for recognizing and reporting this vulnerability.
Related
Alias · CVE (1)
- CVE-2022-24728 CKEditor4 is an open source what-you-see-is-what-you-get HTML editor. vulnerability
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation weakness
References
- https://github.com/ckeditor/ckeditor4/security/advisories/GHSA-4fc4-4p5g-6w89 web
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-24728 advisory
- https://github.com/ckeditor/ckeditor4/commit/d158413449692d920a778503502dcb22881bc949 web
- https://ckeditor.com/cke4/release/CKEditor-4.18.0 web
- https://github.com/ckeditor/ckeditor4 package
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/VR76VBN5GW5QUBJFHVXRX36UZ6YTCMW6 web
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/WOZGMCYDB2OKKULFXZKM6V7JJW4ZZHJP web
- https://securitylab.github.com/advisories/GHSL-2022-009_ckeditor4 advisory
- https://www.drupal.org/sa-core-2022-005 web
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2022.html web