CVE-2021-41165
In affected version a vulnerability has been discovered in the core HTML processing module and may affect all plugins used by CKEditor 4.
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (1.57%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
CKEditor4 is an open source WYSIWYG HTML editor. In affected version a vulnerability has been discovered in the core HTML processing module and may affect all plugins used by CKEditor 4. The vulnerability allowed to inject malformed comments 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
- 1.57% probability · 74th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-79
- Affected
- ckeditor/ckeditor · drupal/drupal · oracle/agile product lifecycle management · oracle/application express · oracle/banking apis · oracle/banking digital experience · oracle/commerce guided search · oracle/peoplesoft enterprise peopletools · oracle/webcenter portal
- Source
- security-advisories@github.com
References
- https://github.com/ckeditor/ckeditor4/blob/major/CHANGES.md#ckeditor-417Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/ckeditor/ckeditor4/security/advisories/GHSA-7h26-63m7-qhf2Third Party Advisory
- 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-417Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/ckeditor/ckeditor4/security/advisories/GHSA-7h26-63m7-qhf2Third Party Advisory
- 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.