MEDIUM6.1

GHSA-4m44-5j2g-xf64

Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation in CKEditor4

Quick fix

GHSA-4m44-5j2g-xf64 — ckeditor4: upgrade to the fixed version with the command below.

npm install ckeditor4@4.15.1

Details

A cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Color Dialog plugin for CKEditor 4.15.0 allows remote attackers to run arbitrary web script after persuading a user to copy and paste crafted HTML code into one of editor inputs.

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Affected packages

npm/ckeditor4

Introduced in: 0Fixed in: 4.15.1

Fixnpm install ckeditor4@4.15.1

References

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-27193[ADVISORY]
https://ckeditor.com/blog/CKEditor-4.15.1-with-a-security-patch-released[WEB]
https://ckeditor.com/cke4/release/CKEditor-4.15.1[WEB]
https://ckeditor.com/ckeditor-4/download[WEB]
https://github.com/ckeditor/ckeditor4[PACKAGE]
https://www.oracle.com//security-alerts/cpujul2021.html[WEB]
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuApr2021.html[WEB]
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2021.html[WEB]