CVE-2021-41164
In affected versions a vulnerability has been discovered in the Advanced Content Filter (ACF) module and may affect all plugins used by CKEditor 4.
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (1.35%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
CKEditor4 is an open source WYSIWYG HTML editor. In affected versions a vulnerability has been discovered in the Advanced Content Filter (ACF) module and may affect all plugins used by CKEditor 4. The vulnerability allowed to inject malformed HTML bypassing content sanitization, which could result in executing JavaScript code. It affects all users using the CKEditor 4 at version < 4.17.0. The problem has been recognized and patched. The fix will be available in version 4.17.0.
- CVSS 3.1
- 5.4 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
- EPSS
- 1.35% probability · 70th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-79
- Affected
- ckeditor/ckeditor · drupal/drupal · oracle/banking apis · oracle/banking digital experience · oracle/agile product lifecycle management · oracle/application express · oracle/commerce guided search · oracle/peoplesoft enterprise peopletools · oracle/webcenter portal · fedoraproject/fedora
- Source
- security-advisories@github.com
References
- https://github.com/ckeditor/ckeditor4/blob/major/CHANGES.md#ckeditor-417Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/ckeditor/ckeditor4/security/advisories/GHSA-pvmx-g8h5-cprjThird Party Advisory
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/VR76VBN5GW5QUBJFHVXRX36UZ6YTCMW6/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/WOZGMCYDB2OKKULFXZKM6V7JJW4ZZHJP/
- https://www.drupal.org/sa-core-2021-011Third Party Advisory
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2022.htmlPatch, Third Party Advisory
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujan2022.htmlPatch, Third Party Advisory
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2022.htmlNot Applicable
- https://github.com/ckeditor/ckeditor4/blob/major/CHANGES.md#ckeditor-417Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/ckeditor/ckeditor4/security/advisories/GHSA-pvmx-g8h5-cprjThird Party Advisory
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/VR76VBN5GW5QUBJFHVXRX36UZ6YTCMW6/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/WOZGMCYDB2OKKULFXZKM6V7JJW4ZZHJP/
- https://www.drupal.org/sa-core-2021-011Third Party Advisory
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2022.htmlPatch, Third Party Advisory
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujan2022.htmlPatch, Third Party Advisory
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2022.htmlNot Applicable
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.