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GHSA-MW2C-VX6J-MG76

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2024-02-07 17:31 – Updated: 2024-03-01 15:00

Summary

CKEditor4 Cross-site Scripting vulnerability in samples with enabled the preview feature

Details

Affected packages

The vulnerability has been discovered in the samples that use the preview feature:

samples/old/**/*.html
plugins/[plugin name]/samples/**/*.html

All integrators that use these samples in the production code can be affected.

Impact

A potential vulnerability has been discovered in one of CKEditor's 4 samples that are shipped with production code. The vulnerability allowed to execute JavaScript code by abusing the misconfigured preview feature. It affects all users using the CKEditor 4 at version < 4.24.0-lts with affected samples used in a production environment.

Patches

The problem has been recognized and patched. The fix will be available in version 4.24.0-lts.

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 Marcin Wyczechowski & Michał Majchrowicz AFINE Team for recognizing and reporting this vulnerability.

Severity

6.1 (Medium)


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

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  "details": "### Affected packages\nThe vulnerability has been discovered in the samples that use the [preview](https://ckeditor.com/cke4/addon/preview) feature:\n\n* `samples/old/**/*.html`\n* `plugins/[plugin name]/samples/**/*.html`\n\nAll integrators that use these samples in the production code can be affected.\n\n### Impact\n\nA potential vulnerability has been discovered in one of CKEditor\u0027s 4 samples that are shipped with production code. The vulnerability allowed to execute JavaScript code by abusing the misconfigured [preview feature](https://ckeditor.com/cke4/addon/preview). It affects all users using the CKEditor 4 at version \u003c 4.24.0-lts with affected samples used in a production environment.\n\n### Patches\nThe problem has been recognized and patched. The fix will be available in version 4.24.0-lts.\n\n### For more information\nEmail us at [security@cksource.com](mailto:security@cksource.com) if you have any questions or comments about this advisory.\n\n### Acknowledgements\nThe CKEditor 4 team would like to thank [Marcin Wyczechowski](https://www.linkedin.com/in/marcin-wyczechowski-0a823795/) \u0026 [Micha\u0142 Majchrowicz](https://www.linkedin.com/in/micha%C5%82-majchrowicz-mwsc/) [AFINE Team](https://afine.com/) for recognizing and reporting this vulnerability.",
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  "modified": "2024-03-01T15:00:32Z",
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}

CVE-2024-24816 (GCVE-0-2024-24816)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2024-02-07 16:58 – Updated: 2024-08-01 23:28

Title

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in samples with enabled the preview feature

Summary

CKEditor4 is an open source what-you-see-is-what-you-get HTML editor. A cross-site scripting vulnerability vulnerability has been discovered in versions prior to 4.24.0-lts in samples that use the `preview` feature. All integrators that use these samples in the production code can be affected. The vulnerability allows an attacker to execute JavaScript code by abusing the misconfigured preview feature. It affects all users using the CKEditor 4 at version < 4.24.0-lts with affected samples used in a production environment. A fix is available in version 4.24.0-lts.

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 2024-02-21 20:41 UTC

CWE

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

Assigner

GitHub_M mitre root

References

3 references

URL	Tags
https://github.com/ckeditor/ckeditor4/security/ad…	x_refsource_CONFIRM
https://github.com/ckeditor/ckeditor4/commit/8ed1…	x_refsource_MISC
https://ckeditor.com/cke4/addon/preview	x_refsource_MISC

Impacted products

1 product

Vendor	Product	Version
ckeditor	ckeditor4	Affected: < 4.24.0-lts

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