Cross-site Scripting (XSS) Affecting ckeditor package, versions <4.5.7+dfsg-2ubuntu0.18.04.1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on Ubuntu security rating.

Threat Intelligence

Exploit Maturity
Not Defined
EPSS
0.23% (62nd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU1804-CKEDITOR-1128278
  • published17 Mar 2022
  • disclosed7 Mar 2020

Introduced: 7 Mar 2020

CVE-2020-9281  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-79  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Ubuntu:18.04 ckeditor to version 4.5.7+dfsg-2ubuntu0.18.04.1 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 Ubuntu. See How to fix? for Ubuntu:18.04 relevant fixed versions and status.

A cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the HTML Data Processor for CKEditor 4.0 before 4.14 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script through a crafted "protected" comment (with the cke_protected syntax).

CVSS Scores

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