Moderate severityNVD Advisory· Published Mar 16, 2022· Updated Apr 23, 2025
Cross-site Scripting in CKEditor4
CVE-2022-24728
Description
CKEditor4 is an open source what-you-see-is-what-you-get HTML editor. A vulnerability has been discovered in the core HTML processing module and may affect all plugins used by CKEditor 4 prior to version 4.18.0. The vulnerability allows someone to inject malformed HTML bypassing content sanitization, which could result in executing JavaScript code. This problem has been patched in version 4.18.0. There are currently no known workarounds.
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Affected packages
Versions sourced from the GitHub Security Advisory.
| Package | Affected versions | Patched versions |
|---|---|---|
ckeditor4npm | < 4.18.0 | 4.18.0 |
Affected products
3- osv-coords2 versions
>= 8.0.0, < 9.2.15+ 1 more
- (no CPE)range: >= 8.0.0, < 9.2.15
- (no CPE)range: < 4.18.0
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
12- github.com/advisories/GHSA-4fc4-4p5g-6w89ghsaADVISORY
- lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/VR76VBN5GW5QUBJFHVXRX36UZ6YTCMW6/mitrevendor-advisory
- lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/WOZGMCYDB2OKKULFXZKM6V7JJW4ZZHJP/mitrevendor-advisory
- nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-24728ghsaADVISORY
- securitylab.github.com/advisories/GHSL-2022-009_ckeditor4ghsaADVISORY
- ckeditor.com/cke4/release/CKEditor-4.18.0ghsaWEB
- github.com/ckeditor/ckeditor4/commit/d158413449692d920a778503502dcb22881bc949ghsaWEB
- github.com/ckeditor/ckeditor4/security/advisories/GHSA-4fc4-4p5g-6w89ghsaWEB
- lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/VR76VBN5GW5QUBJFHVXRX36UZ6YTCMW6ghsaWEB
- lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/WOZGMCYDB2OKKULFXZKM6V7JJW4ZZHJPghsaWEB
- www.drupal.org/sa-core-2022-005ghsaWEB
- www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2022.htmlghsaWEB
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