ghsa-4fc4-4p5g-6w89
Vulnerability from github
Published
2022-03-16 22:47
Modified
2022-03-30 20:05
Severity ?
5.4 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Summary
Cross-site Scripting in CKEditor4
Details

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 security@cksource.com 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.

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  "affected": [
    {
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        "name": "ckeditor4"
      },
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        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2022-24728"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cwe_ids": [
      "CWE-79"
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    "github_reviewed": true,
    "github_reviewed_at": "2022-03-16T22:47:55Z",
    "nvd_published_at": "2022-03-16T16:15:00Z",
    "severity": "MODERATE"
  },
  "details": "### Affected packages\nThe vulnerability has been discovered in the core HTML processing module and may affect all plugins used by CKEditor 4.\n\n### Impact\nA 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 \u003c 4.18.0.\n\n### Patches\nThe problem has been recognized and patched. The fix will be available in version 4.18.0.\n\n### For more information\nEmail us at security@cksource.com if you have any questions or comments about this advisory.\n\n### Acknowledgements\nThe CKEditor 4 team would like to thank GHSL team member Kevin Backhouse ([@kevinbackhouse](https://github.com/kevinbackhouse)) for recognizing and reporting this vulnerability.",
  "id": "GHSA-4fc4-4p5g-6w89",
  "modified": "2022-03-30T20:05:59Z",
  "published": "2022-03-16T22:47:55Z",
  "references": [
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      "url": "https://github.com/ckeditor/ckeditor4/security/advisories/GHSA-4fc4-4p5g-6w89"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-24728"
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      "url": "https://github.com/ckeditor/ckeditor4/commit/d158413449692d920a778503502dcb22881bc949"
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      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://ckeditor.com/cke4/release/CKEditor-4.18.0"
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    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/VR76VBN5GW5QUBJFHVXRX36UZ6YTCMW6"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/WOZGMCYDB2OKKULFXZKM6V7JJW4ZZHJP"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://securitylab.github.com/advisories/GHSL-2022-009_ckeditor4"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://www.drupal.org/sa-core-2022-005"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2022.html"
    }
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.4.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    }
  ],
  "summary": "Cross-site Scripting in CKEditor4"
}


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