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
0.16% (54th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU1804-CKEDITOR-1174148
  • published17 Mar 2022
  • disclosed19 Apr 2018

Introduced: 19 Apr 2018

CVE-2018-9861  (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.

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Enhanced Image (aka image2) plugin for CKEditor (in versions 4.5.10 through 4.9.1; fixed in 4.9.2), as used in Drupal 8 before 8.4.7 and 8.5.x before 8.5.2 and other products, allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script through a crafted IMG element.