Description

ckeditor is an open source WYSIWYG HTML editor with rich content support. A potential vulnerability has been discovered in CKEditor 4 [Clipboard](https://ckeditor.com/cke4/addon/clipboard) package. The vulnerability allowed to abuse paste functionality using malformed HTML, which could result in injecting arbitrary HTML into the editor. It affects all users using the CKEditor 4 plugins listed above at version >= 4.5.2. The problem has been recognized and patched. The fix will be available in version 4.16.2.

Remediation

References

https://github.com/ckeditor/ckeditor4/security/advisories/GHSA-7889-rm5j-hpgg

https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2021.html

https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujan2022.html

https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/NYA354LJP47KCVJMTUO77ZCX3ZK42G3T/

https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/UVOYN2WKDPLKCNILIGEZM236ABQASLGW/

https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/WAGNWHFIQAVCP537KFFS2A2GDG66J7XD/

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Severity

Medium

Classification

CWE-79 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Tags

Third Party Advisory Patch