cve-2022-24729
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2022-03-16 00:00
Modified
2025-04-23 18:53
Severity ?
6.5 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
EPSS score ?
0.13% (0.34378)
Summary
CKEditor4 is an open source what-you-see-is-what-you-get HTML editor. CKEditor4 prior to version 4.18.0 contains a vulnerability in the `dialog` plugin. The vulnerability allows abuse of a dialog input validator regular expression, which can cause a significant performance drop resulting in a browser tab freeze. A patch is available in version 4.18.0. There are currently no known workarounds.
References
security-advisories@github.comhttps://ckeditor.com/cke4/release/CKEditor-4.18.0Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
security-advisories@github.comhttps://github.com/ckeditor/ckeditor4/security/advisories/GHSA-f6rf-9m92-x2hhThird Party Advisory
security-advisories@github.comhttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/VR76VBN5GW5QUBJFHVXRX36UZ6YTCMW6/
security-advisories@github.comhttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/WOZGMCYDB2OKKULFXZKM6V7JJW4ZZHJP/
security-advisories@github.comhttps://www.drupal.org/sa-core-2022-005Patch, Third Party Advisory
security-advisories@github.comhttps://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2022.htmlPatch, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://ckeditor.com/cke4/release/CKEditor-4.18.0Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://github.com/ckeditor/ckeditor4/security/advisories/GHSA-f6rf-9m92-x2hhThird Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/VR76VBN5GW5QUBJFHVXRX36UZ6YTCMW6/
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/WOZGMCYDB2OKKULFXZKM6V7JJW4ZZHJP/
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.drupal.org/sa-core-2022-005Patch, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2022.htmlPatch, Third Party Advisory
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Vendor Product Version
ckeditor ckeditor4 Version: < 4.18.0
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