HTML comments vulnerability allowing to execute JavaScript code
21Vexday Risk Score
No sign of exploitation. No public exploitation artifact known so far.
ssvc Trackcvss 8.2epss 1.6%
exploitation probability
1.6%top 26% of all CVEs
observed exploitation
nono source reports it
CKEditor4 is an open source WYSIWYG HTML editor. In affected version a vulnerability has been discovered in the core HTML processing module and may affect all plugins used by CKEditor 4. The vulnerability allowed to inject malformed comments HTML bypassing content sanitization, which could result in executing JavaScript code. It affects all users using the CKEditor 4 at version < 4.17.0. The problem has been recognized and patched. The fix will be available in version 4.17.0.
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:L/A:L
Affected products
ckeditor · ckeditor4References
https://github.com/ckeditor/ckeditor4/blob/major/CHANGES.md#ckeditor-417https://github.com/ckeditor/ckeditor4/security/advisories/GHSA-7h26-63m7-qhf2https://www.drupal.org/sa-core-2021-011https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2022.htmlhttps://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujan2022.htmlhttps://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2022.html