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GSD-2022-48110

Vulnerability from gsd - Updated: 2023-12-13 01:19

Details

** DISPUTED ** CKSource CKEditor 5 35.4.0 was discovered to contain a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability via the Full Featured CKEditor5 widget. NOTE: the vendor's position is that this is not a vulnerability. The CKEditor 5 documentation discusses that it is the responsibility of an integrator (who is adding CKEditor 5 functionality to a website) to choose the correct security settings for their use case. Also, safe default values are established (e.g., config.htmlEmbed.showPreviews is false).

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CVE-2022-48110

Aliases

CVE-2022-48110

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CVE-2022-48110 (GCVE-0-2022-48110)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-02-13 00:00 – Updated: 2025-03-24 12:58 Disputed

Summary

CKSource CKEditor 5 35.4.0 was discovered to contain a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability via the Full Featured CKEditor5 widget. NOTE: the vendor's position is that this is not a vulnerability. The CKEditor 5 documentation discusses that it is the responsibility of an integrator (who is adding CKEditor 5 functionality to a website) to choose the correct security settings for their use case. Also, safe default values are established (e.g., config.htmlEmbed.showPreviews is false).

Severity

6.1 (Medium)


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

SSVC

Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial

CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)

Decision recorded 2025-03-24 12:58 UTC

CWE

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

Assigner

mitre mitre root

References

2 references

URL	Tags
https://ckeditor.com/docs/ckeditor5/latest/featur…
https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/170927/CKSo…

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