ghsa-7889-rm5j-hpgg
Vulnerability from github
Published
2021-08-23 19:40
Modified
2022-02-08 21:01
Severity ?
4.6 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
Summary
Clipboard feature vulnerability allowing to inject arbitrary HTML into the editor using paste functionality
Details

Affected packages

The vulnerability has been discovered in clipboard plugin. All plugins with clipboard plugin dependency are affected:

Impact

A potential vulnerability has been discovered in CKEditor 4 Clipboard package. The vulnerability allowed to abuse paste functionality using malformed HTML, which could result in injecting arbitrary HTML into the editor. It affects all users using the CKEditor 4 plugins listed above at version >= 4.5.2.

Patches

The problem has been recognized and patched. The fix will be available in version 4.16.2.

For more information

Email us at security@cksource.com if you have any questions or comments about this advisory.

Acknowledgements

The CKEditor 4 team would like to thank Anton Subbotin (skavans) for recognizing and reporting this vulnerability.

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{
   affected: [
      {
         package: {
            ecosystem: "npm",
            name: "ckeditor4",
         },
         ranges: [
            {
               events: [
                  {
                     introduced: "4.5.2",
                  },
                  {
                     fixed: "4.16.2",
                  },
               ],
               type: "ECOSYSTEM",
            },
         ],
      },
   ],
   aliases: [
      "CVE-2021-32809",
   ],
   database_specific: {
      cwe_ids: [
         "CWE-79",
         "CWE-94",
      ],
      github_reviewed: true,
      github_reviewed_at: "2021-08-23T16:49:10Z",
      nvd_published_at: "2021-08-12T17:15:00Z",
      severity: "MODERATE",
   },
   details: "### Affected packages\nThe vulnerability has been discovered in [clipboard](https://ckeditor.com/cke4/addon/clipboard) plugin. All plugins with [clipboard](https://ckeditor.com/cke4/addon/clipboard) plugin dependency are affected:\n\n* [clipboard](https://ckeditor.com/cke4/addon/clipboard)\n* [pastetext](https://ckeditor.com/cke4/addon/pastetext)\n* [pastetools](https://ckeditor.com/cke4/addon/pastetools)\n* [widget](https://ckeditor.com/cke4/addon/widget)\n* [uploadwidget](https://ckeditor.com/cke4/addon/uploadwidget)\n* [autolink](https://ckeditor.com/cke4/addon/autolink)\n* [tableselection](https://ckeditor.com/cke4/addon/tableselection)\n\n### Impact\nA potential vulnerability has been discovered in CKEditor 4 [Clipboard](https://ckeditor.com/cke4/addon/clipboard) package. The vulnerability allowed to abuse paste functionality using malformed HTML, which could result in injecting arbitrary HTML into the editor. It affects all users using the CKEditor 4 plugins listed above at version >= 4.5.2.\n\n### Patches\nThe problem has been recognized and patched. The fix will be available in version 4.16.2.\n\n### For more information\nEmail us at security@cksource.com if you have any questions or comments about this advisory.\n\n### Acknowledgements\nThe CKEditor 4 team would like to thank Anton Subbotin ([skavans](https://github.com/skavans)) for recognizing and reporting this vulnerability.\n",
   id: "GHSA-7889-rm5j-hpgg",
   modified: "2022-02-08T21:01:48Z",
   published: "2021-08-23T19:40:57Z",
   references: [
      {
         type: "WEB",
         url: "https://github.com/ckeditor/ckeditor4/security/advisories/GHSA-7889-rm5j-hpgg",
      },
      {
         type: "ADVISORY",
         url: "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-32809",
      },
      {
         type: "PACKAGE",
         url: "https://github.com/ckeditor/ckeditor4",
      },
      {
         type: "WEB",
         url: "https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/NYA354LJP47KCVJMTUO77ZCX3ZK42G3T",
      },
      {
         type: "WEB",
         url: "https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/UVOYN2WKDPLKCNILIGEZM236ABQASLGW",
      },
      {
         type: "WEB",
         url: "https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/WAGNWHFIQAVCP537KFFS2A2GDG66J7XD",
      },
      {
         type: "WEB",
         url: "https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujan2022.html",
      },
      {
         type: "WEB",
         url: "https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2021.html",
      },
   ],
   schema_version: "1.4.0",
   severity: [
      {
         score: "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N",
         type: "CVSS_V3",
      },
   ],
   summary: "Clipboard feature vulnerability allowing to inject arbitrary HTML into the editor using paste functionality",
}


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