UBUNTU-CVE-2021-32809 (CVE-2021-32809)

Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu – Published: 2021-08-12 17:15 – Updated: 2025-07-16 04:57 – Source website
VLAI
Details

ckeditor is an open source WYSIWYG HTML editor with rich content support. 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. The problem has been recognized and patched. The fix will be available in version 4.16.2.

Severity
5.4 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
4.6 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
N/A (UNKNOWN)
medium
References
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      "ecosystem_specific": {
        "availability": "Available with Ubuntu Pro: https://ubuntu.com/pro",
        "binaries": [
          {
            "binary_name": "ckeditor",
            "binary_version": "4.5.7+dfsg-2ubuntu0.16.04.1~esm1"
          }
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        "name": "ckeditor",
        "purl": "pkg:deb/ubuntu/ckeditor@4.5.7+dfsg-2ubuntu0.16.04.1~esm1?arch=source\u0026distro=esm-apps/xenial"
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        "4.5.7+dfsg-2"
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      "ecosystem_specific": {
        "availability": "No subscription required",
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          }
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      ]
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  ],
  "aliases": [],
  "details": "ckeditor is an open source WYSIWYG HTML editor with rich content support. A 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 \u003e= 4.5.2. The problem has been recognized and patched. The fix will be available in version 4.16.2.",
  "id": "UBUNTU-CVE-2021-32809",
  "modified": "2025-07-16T04:57:18Z",
  "published": "2021-08-12T17:15:00Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2021-32809"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://github.com/ckeditor/ckeditor4/security/advisories/GHSA-7889-rm5j-hpgg"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5340-1"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-32809"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5340-2"
    }
  ],
  "related": [
    "USN-5340-1",
    "USN-5340-2"
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.7.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    },
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    },
    {
      "score": "medium",
      "type": "Ubuntu"
    }
  ],
  "upstream": [
    "CVE-2021-32809"
  ]
}



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