Vulnerability · Published Mar 7, 2020 · Assigned by mitre
CVE-2020-9281
Medium 6.1
In plain English
A medium-severity security flaw in the ckeditor4 package (npm). There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 4.3% (higher than 91% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.
Severity (CVSS NVD)6.1Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)4.3%top 8.8% 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 HTML Data Processor for CKEditor 4.0 before 4.14 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script through a crafted "protected" comment (with the cke_protected syntax).
Affected packages & fixed versions
| Ecosystem | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| npm | ckeditor4 | 4.14.0 | GHSA-vcjf-mgcg-jxjq |
Affected products (as reported)
References
- FEDORA-2020-8d5de93970 vendor-advisory, x_refsource_FEDORA
- FEDORA-2020-261449d821 vendor-advisory, x_refsource_FEDORA
- FEDORA-2020-a832c215bf vendor-advisory, x_refsource_FEDORA
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2020.html x_refsource_MISC
- https://github.com/ckeditor/ckeditor4 x_refsource_MISC
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujan2021.html x_refsource_MISC
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuApr2021.html x_refsource_MISC
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2021.html x_refsource_MISC
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujan2022.html x_refsource_MISC