Quick answers
- Is This vulnerability exploited in the wild?
- No. Junglewise Threat Intelligence has no report of This vulnerability being exploited in the wild.
- How severe is This vulnerability?
- Low severity, with a CVSS score of 3.1, published 16 November 2023.
- Which products and versions are affected?
- ckeditor4 (npm) SEMVER:introduced=0,last_affected=4.15.1.
- Is there a fix for This vulnerability?
- No fixed version is recorded yet. Check the vendor's advisory in the references below. If you run it, Junglewise drafts a mitigation that fits your setup and applies it once you approve, with senior security engineers behind it.
- How is This vulnerability attacked?
- It is attacked over the network.
- Am I affected?
- Check whether you run ckeditor4 (npm) at an affected version. Junglewise does that check for you around the clock: connect your code, cloud and domains, and it matches new vulnerabilities like this one against what you actually run and tells you when one reaches you.
Technical details
A cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability exists in CKEditor versions 4.15.1 and earlier, specifically in the /ckeditor/samples/old/ajax.html sample file. The vulnerability allows an attacker to inject and execute arbitrary JavaScript code through this sample page (CWE-79). The attack requires user interaction—a user must visit a page containing the malicious payload—but has no authentication requirements. A successful exploit enables attackers to steal session tokens, credentials, or other sensitive data from authenticated users. The vulnerability is marked as a duplicate of GHSA-wh5w-82f3-wrxh; patches are available in patched versions of CKEditor 4.
Affected products
- CKSource CKEditor 4.15.1 and earlier
Timeline
- 2023-11-16: disclosed
- 2024-02-07: other: Advisory withdrawn as duplicate of GHSA-wh5w-82f3-wrxh