CVE-2021-41165
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2021-11-17 19:15
Modified
2024-08-04 02:59
Severity ?
8.2 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:L/A:L
Summary
HTML comments vulnerability allowing to execute JavaScript code
References
security-advisories@github.comhttps://github.com/ckeditor/ckeditor4/blob/major/CHANGES.md#ckeditor-417Third Party Advisory
security-advisories@github.comhttps://github.com/ckeditor/ckeditor4/security/advisories/GHSA-7h26-63m7-qhf2Third Party Advisory
security-advisories@github.comhttps://www.drupal.org/sa-core-2021-011Third Party Advisory
security-advisories@github.comhttps://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2022.htmlPatch, Third Party Advisory
security-advisories@github.comhttps://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujan2022.htmlPatch, Third Party Advisory
security-advisories@github.comhttps://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2022.htmlNot Applicable
Impacted products
ckeditorckeditor4
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