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GHSA-PVMX-G8H5-CPRJ

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2021-11-17 21:55 – Updated: 2022-02-08 20:39

Summary

Advanced Content Filter (ACF) vulnerability allowing to execute JavaScript code using malformed HTML

Details

Affected packages

The vulnerability has been discovered in the Advanced Content Filter (ACF) module and may affect all plugins used by CKEditor 4.

Impact

A potential vulnerability has been discovered in CKEditor 4 Advanced Content Filter (ACF) core module. The vulnerability allowed to inject malformed HTML bypassing content sanitization, which could result in executing JavaScript code. It affects all users using the CKEditor 4 at version < 4.17.0.

Patches

The problem has been recognized and patched. The fix will be available in version 4.17.0.

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 Maurice Dauer (laytonctf) for recognizing and reporting this vulnerability.

Severity

8.2 (High)


                  
                    CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:L/A:L

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CVE-2021-41164 (GCVE-0-2021-41164)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2021-11-17 00:00 – Updated: 2024-08-04 02:59

Title

Advanced Content Filter (ACF) vulnerability allowing to execute JavaScript code using malformed HTML

Summary

CKEditor4 is an open source WYSIWYG HTML editor. In affected versions a vulnerability has been discovered in the Advanced Content Filter (ACF) module and may affect all plugins used by CKEditor 4. The vulnerability allowed to inject malformed HTML bypassing content sanitization, which could result in executing JavaScript code. It affects all users using the CKEditor 4 at version < 4.17.0. The problem has been recognized and patched. The fix will be available in version 4.17.0.

Severity

8.2 (High)


                        
                          CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:L/A:L

CWE

CWE-79 - Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

Assigner

GitHub_M mitre root

References

8 references

URL	Tags
https://github.com/ckeditor/ckeditor4/security/ad…
https://github.com/ckeditor/ckeditor4/blob/major/…
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujan2022.html
https://www.drupal.org/sa-core-2021-011
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2022.html
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2022.html
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/pac…	vendor-advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/pac…	vendor-advisory

Impacted products

1 product

Vendor	Product	Version
ckeditor	ckeditor4	Affected: < 4.17.0

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