Cross-site Scripting (XSS) Affecting ckeditor package, versions <4.16.0+dfsg-2


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.54% (78th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIANUNSTABLE-CKEDITOR-1304435
  • published11 Jun 2021
  • disclosed9 Jun 2021

Introduced: 9 Jun 2021

CVE-2021-33829  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-79  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:unstable ckeditor to version 4.16.0+dfsg-2 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream ckeditor package and not the ckeditor package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:unstable relevant fixed versions and status.

A cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the HTML Data Processor in CKEditor 4 4.14.0 through 4.16.x before 4.16.1 allows remote attackers to inject executable JavaScript code through a crafted comment because --!> is mishandled.

CVSS Scores

version 3.1