GitHub Advisoryadvisory · npm

GHSA-jv4c-7jqq-m34x CKEditor 4 ReDoS Vulnerability

MEDIUM Published 2022-05-24 Modified 2024-04-22 Official page ↗
Aliases
CVE-2021-26271
Ecosystem
npm
Packages
ckeditor4-dev
Severity
Moderate
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Weaknesses
CWE-1333
Reviewed
2024-04-22

Affected packages

• npm ckeditor4-dev: < 4.16 → fixed in 4.16

Description

It was possible to execute a ReDoS-type attack inside CKEditor 4 before 4.16 by persuading a victim to paste crafted text into the Styles input of specific dialogs (in the Advanced Tab for Dialogs plugin).

Related

Alias · CVE (1)

  • CVE-2021-26271 It was possible to execute a ReDoS-type attack inside CKEditor 4 before 4.16 by persuading a victim to paste crafted text into the Styles… vulnerability

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-1333 Inefficient Regular Expression Complexity weakness

References