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CVE-2024-43411

A theoretical vulnerability has been identified in CKEditor 4.22 (and above).

LOW 3.1EPSS 0.42%

Does this matter?

Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.42%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.

Description

CKEditor4 is an open source what-you-see-is-what-you-get HTML editor. A theoretical vulnerability has been identified in CKEditor 4.22 (and above). In a highly unlikely scenario where an attacker gains control over the https://cke4.ckeditor.com domain, they could potentially execute an attack on CKEditor 4 instances. The issue impacts only editor instances with enabled version notifications. Please note that this feature is disabled by default in all CKEditor 4 LTS versions. Therefore, if you use CKEditor 4 LTS, it is highly unlikely that you are affected by this vulnerability. If you are unsure, please contact us. The fix is available in version 4.25.0-lts.

CVSS 3.1: 3.1 LOWCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
EPSS: 0.42% probability · 36th percentile
CISA KEV: Not listed
Weakness: CWE-79
Source: security-advisories@github.com

References

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.