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CVE-2020-9440

MEDIUM
6.1CVSS
Published: 2020-03-10
Updated: 2024-11-21
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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.

CVSS Metrics

Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Attack Vector
network
Complexity
low
Privileges
none
User Action
required
Scope
changed
Confidentiality
low
Integrity
low
Availability
none
Weaknesses
CWE-79

Metadata

Primary Vendor
CKEDITOR
Published
3/10/2020
Last Modified
11/21/2024
Source
NIST NVD
Note: Verify all details with official vendor sources before applying patches.

Affected Products

ckeditor : ckeditorwebspellchecker : webspellcheckerfedoraproject : fedorafedoraproject : fedorafedoraproject : fedora

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