CVE-2022-24728

Cross-site Scripting in CKEditor4

Description

CKEditor4 is an open source what-you-see-is-what-you-get HTML editor. A vulnerability has been discovered in the core HTML processing module and may affect all plugins used by CKEditor 4 prior to version 4.18.0. The vulnerability allows someone to inject malformed HTML bypassing content sanitization, which could result in executing JavaScript code. This problem has been patched in version 4.18.0. There are currently no known workarounds.

Category

5.4
CVSS
Severity: Medium
CVSS 3.1 •
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 0.64%
Vendor Advisory fedoraproject.org Vendor Advisory fedoraproject.org Vendor Advisory ckeditor.com
Affected: ckeditor ckeditor4
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
https://github.com/ckeditor/ckeditor4/security/advisories/GHSA-4fc4-4p5g-6w89 third party advisory
https://github.com/ckeditor/ckeditor4/commit/d158413449692d920a778503502dcb22881bc949 third party advisory patch
https://ckeditor.com/cke4/release/CKEditor-4.18.0 release notes vendor advisory
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2022.html third party advisory patch
https://www.drupal.org/sa-core-2022-005 third party advisory patch
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/WOZGMCYDB2OKKULFXZKM6V7JJW4ZZHJP/ vendor advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/VR76VBN5GW5QUBJFHVXRX36UZ6YTCMW6/ vendor advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2022-24728?
CVE-2022-24728 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2022-24728?
To fix CVE-2022-24728, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2022-24728 being actively exploited in the wild?
As for now, there are no information to confirm that CVE-2022-24728 is being actively exploited. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~1% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
What software or system is affected by CVE-2022-24728?
CVE-2022-24728 affects ckeditor ckeditor4.
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