ubuntu-cve-2021-37695
Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu
Published
2021-08-13 00:15
Modified
2026-05-20 14:53
Summary
Details
ckeditor is an open source WYSIWYG HTML editor with rich content support. A potential vulnerability has been discovered in CKEditor 4 Fake Objects package. The vulnerability allowed to inject malformed Fake Objects HTML, which could result in executing JavaScript code. It affects all users using the CKEditor 4 plugins listed above at version < 4.16.2. The problem has been recognized and patched. The fix will be available in version 4.16.2.
Severity
7.3 (High)
5.4 (Medium)
N/A (UNKNOWN)
References
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"details": "ckeditor is an open source WYSIWYG HTML editor with rich content support. A potential vulnerability has been discovered in CKEditor 4 [Fake Objects](https://ckeditor.com/cke4/addon/fakeobjects) package. The vulnerability allowed to inject malformed Fake Objects HTML, which could result in executing JavaScript code. It affects all users using the CKEditor 4 plugins listed above at version \u003c 4.16.2. The problem has been recognized and patched. The fix will be available in version 4.16.2.",
"id": "UBUNTU-CVE-2021-37695",
"modified": "2026-05-20T14:53:27Z",
"published": "2021-08-13T00:15:00Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "REPORT",
"url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2021-37695"
},
{
"type": "REPORT",
"url": "https://github.com/ckeditor/ckeditor4/security/advisories/GHSA-m94c-37g6-cjhc"
},
{
"type": "REPORT",
"url": "https://github.com/ckeditor/ckeditor4/commit/de3c001540715f9c3801aaa38a1917de46cfcf58"
},
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5340-1"
},
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5340-2"
},
{
"type": "REPORT",
"url": "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-37695"
}
],
"related": [
"USN-5340-1",
"USN-5340-2"
],
"schema_version": "1.7.0",
"severity": [
{
"score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
},
{
"score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
},
{
"score": "medium",
"type": "Ubuntu"
}
],
"upstream": [
"CVE-2021-37695"
]
}
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Nomenclature
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