MEDIUM6.1

GHSA-vcjf-mgcg-jxjq

CKEditor 4.0 vulnerability in the HTML Data Processor

Quick fix

GHSA-vcjf-mgcg-jxjq — ckeditor4: upgrade to the fixed version with the command below.

npm install ckeditor4@4.14.0

Details

A cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the HTML Data Processor for CKEditor 4.0 before 4.14.0 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script through a crafted "protected" comment (with the cke_protected syntax).

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Affected packages

npm/ckeditor4

Introduced in: 0Fixed in: 4.14.0

Fixnpm install ckeditor4@4.14.0

References

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-9281[ADVISORY]
https://github.com/ckeditor/ckeditor4[PACKAGE]
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/7OJ4BSS3VEAEXPNSOOUAXX6RDNECGZNO[WEB]
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/L322YA73LCV3TO7ORY45WQDAFJVNKXBE[WEB]
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/M4HHYQ6N452XTCIROFMJOTYEUWSB6FR4[WEB]
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuApr2021.html[WEB]
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujan2021.html[WEB]
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujan2022.html[WEB]
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2020.html[WEB]
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2021.html[WEB]