Description
ckeditor is an open source WYSIWYG HTML editor with rich content support. A potential vulnerability has been discovered in CKEditor 4 [Fake Objects](https://ckeditor.com/cke4/addon/fakeobjects) package. The vulnerability allowed to inject malformed Fake Objects HTML, which could result in executing JavaScript code. It affects all users using the CKEditor 4 plugins listed above at version < 4.16.2. The problem has been recognized and patched. The fix will be available in version 4.16.2.
CVSS Metrics
- Vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
- Attack Vector
- network
- Complexity
- low
- Privileges
- low
- User Action
- required
- Scope
- unchanged
- Confidentiality
- high
- Integrity
- high
- Availability
- none
- Weaknesses
- CWE-79CWE-79
Metadata
- Primary Vendor
- CKEDITOR
- Published
- 8/13/2021
- Last Modified
- 11/21/2024
- Source
- NIST NVD
- Note: Verify all details with official vendor sources before applying patches.
Affected Products
ckeditor : ckeditordebian : debian_linuxfedoraproject : fedorafedoraproject : fedorafedoraproject : fedoraoracle : application_expressoracle : banking_party_managementoracle : commerce_guided_searchoracle : commerce_merchandisingoracle : documakeroracle : documakeroracle : financial_services_analytical_applications_infrastructureoracle : financial_services_analytical_applications_infrastructureoracle : financial_services_model_management_and_governanceoracle : jd_edwards_enterpriseone_toolsoracle : peoplesoft_enterprise_peopletoolsoracle : peoplesoft_enterprise_peopletoolsoracle : peoplesoft_enterprise_peopletools
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