GitHub Advisoryadvisory · npm
GHSA-wpvm-wqr4-p7cw Inclusion of Functionality from Untrusted Control Sphere in CKEditor 4
MEDIUM
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- Aliases
- CVE-2021-26272
- Ecosystem
- npm
- Packages
- ckeditor4
- 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-829
- Reviewed
- 2021-10-07
Affected packages
• npm ckeditor4: < 4.16.0 → fixed in 4.16.0
Description
It was possible to execute a ReDoS-type attack inside CKEditor 4 before 4.16 by persuading a victim to paste crafted URL-like text into the editor, and then press Enter or Space (in the Autolink plugin).
Related
Alias · CVE (1)
- CVE-2021-26272 It was possible to execute a ReDoS-type attack inside CKEditor 4 before 4.16 by persuading a victim to paste crafted URL-like text into the… vulnerability
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-829 Inclusion of Functionality from Untrusted Control Sphere weakness
References
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-26272 advisory
- https://ckeditor.com/blog/CKEditor-4.16-with-improved-image-pasting-High-Contrast-support-and-a-new-color-API/#security-comes-first web
- https://github.com/ckeditor/ckeditor4 package
- https://github.com/ckeditor/ckeditor4/blob/major/CHANGES.md#ckeditor-416 web
- https://www.oracle.com//security-alerts/cpujul2021.html web
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujan2022.html web
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2021.html web