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Cross-site Scripting (XSS) The advisory has been revoked - it doesn't affect any version of package ckeditor  (opens in a new tab)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIANUNSTABLE-CKEDITOR-1540884
  • published14 Aug 2021
  • disclosed12 Aug 2021
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Introduced: 12 Aug 2021

CVE-2021-32808  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-79  (opens in a new tab)

Amendment

The Debian security team deemed this advisory irrelevant for Debian:unstable.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream ckeditor package and not the ckeditor package as distributed by Debian.

ckeditor is an open source WYSIWYG HTML editor with rich content support. A vulnerability has been discovered in the clipboard Widget plugin if used alongside the undo feature. The vulnerability allows a user to abuse undo functionality using malformed widget HTML, which could result in executing JavaScript code. It affects all users using the CKEditor 4 plugins listed above at version >= 4.13.0. The problem has been recognized and patched. The fix will be available in version 4.16.2.

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