Vulnerability · Published Feb 7, 2024 · Assigned by GitHub_M
CVE-2024-24816Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in samples with enabled the preview feature
Medium 6.1
In plain English
A medium-severity cross-site scripting in ckeditor4 from ckeditor. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 1.7% (higher than 77% of all known vulnerabilities). Ready-made attack tooling exists: public proof-of-concept code. Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.
Official description
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.
Affected packages & fixed versions
| Ecosystem | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Debian:12 | ckeditor | no fix listed | DEBIAN-CVE-2024-24816 |
| Debian:12 | ckeditor3 | no fix listed | DEBIAN-CVE-2024-24816 |
| Ubuntu:25.10 | ckeditor | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2024-24816 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | ckeditor3 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2024-24816 |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | ckeditor3 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2024-24816 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | ldap-account-manager | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2024-24816 |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | ldap-account-manager | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2024-24816 |
| Ubuntu:25.10 | ldap-account-manager | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2024-24816 |
| Ubuntu:26.04:LTS | ldap-account-manager | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2024-24816 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | request-tracker4 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2024-24816 |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | request-tracker4 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2024-24816 |
| Ubuntu:25.10 | request-tracker4 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2024-24816 |
| Ubuntu:26.04:LTS | request-tracker4 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2024-24816 |
| npm | ckeditor4 | 4.24.0-lts | GHSA-mw2c-vx6j-mg76 |
Affected products (as reported)
Weakness: CWE-79 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
References
- https://github.com/ckeditor/ckeditor4/security/advisories/GHSA-mw2c-vx6j-mg76 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://github.com/ckeditor/ckeditor4/commit/8ed1a3c93d0ae5f49f4ecff5738ab8a2972194cb x_refsource_MISC
- https://ckeditor.com/cke4/addon/preview x_refsource_MISC