Vulnerability · Published Sep 5, 2024 · Assigned by GitHub_M
CVE-2024-45400CKEditor Open Link plugin vulnerable to Cross-site Scripting
Medium 6.1
In plain English
A medium-severity cross-site scripting in ckeditor-plugin-openlink from mlewand. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.3% (higher than 22% of all known vulnerabilities).
Severity (CVSS 3.1)6.1Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.3%top 78.1% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official description
ckeditor-plugin-openlink is a plugin for the CKEditor JavaScript text editor that extends the context menu with a possibility to open a link in a new tab. A vulnerability in versions of the plugin prior to 1.0.7 allowed a user to execute JavaScript code by abusing the link href attribute. The fix is available starting with version 1.0.7.
Affected products (as reported)
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| mlewand | ckeditor-plugin-openlink | < 1.0.7 |
Weakness: CWE-79 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N