Vulnerability · Published Mar 10, 2020 · Assigned by mitre
CVE-2020-9440
Medium 6.1
In plain English
A medium-severity security flaw in the ckeditor package (Ubuntu). There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 1.3% (higher than 71% of all known vulnerabilities).
Severity (CVSS NVD)6.1Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)1.3%top 29.2% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official description
A cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the WSC plugin through 5.5.7.5 for CKEditor 4 allows remote attackers to run arbitrary web script inside an IFRAME element by injecting a crafted HTML element into the editor.
Affected packages & fixed versions
| Ecosystem | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | ckeditor | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2020-9440 |
Affected products (as reported)
References
- https://ckeditor.com/blog/CKEditor-4.14-with-Paste-from-LibreOffice-released/#security-issues-fixed x_refsource_MISC
- FEDORA-2020-8d5de93970 vendor-advisory, x_refsource_FEDORA
- FEDORA-2020-261449d821 vendor-advisory, x_refsource_FEDORA
- FEDORA-2020-a832c215bf vendor-advisory, x_refsource_FEDORA