Description
It was possible to execute a ReDoS-type attack inside CKEditor 4 before 4.16 by persuading a victim to paste crafted text into the Styles input of specific dialogs (in the Advanced Tab for Dialogs plugin).
CVSS Metrics
- Vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- Attack Vector
- network
- Complexity
- low
- Privileges
- none
- User Action
- required
- Scope
- unchanged
- Confidentiality
- none
- Integrity
- none
- Availability
- high
- Weaknesses
- CWE-829
Metadata
- Primary Vendor
- CKEDITOR
- Published
- 1/26/2021
- Last Modified
- 11/21/2024
- Source
- NIST NVD
- Note: Verify all details with official vendor sources before applying patches.
Affected Products
ckeditor : ckeditororacle : agile_plmoracle : agile_plmoracle : application_expressoracle : financial_services_analytical_applications_infrastructureoracle : financial_services_analytical_applications_infrastructureoracle : financial_services_analytical_applications_infrastructureoracle : jd_edwards_enterpriseone_toolsoracle : siebel_ui_frameworkoracle : webcenter_sitesoracle : webcenter_sites
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