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Security Advisories: GSA_kwCzR0hTQS13aDV3LTgyZjMtd3J4aM4AA5JM

CKEditor cross-site scripting vulnerability in AJAX sample

Affected packages

The vulnerability has been discovered in the AJAX sample available at the samples/old/ajax.html file location. All integrators that use that sample in the production code can be affected.

Impact

A potential vulnerability has been discovered in one of CKEditor's 4 samples that are shipped with production code. The vulnerability allowed to execute JavaScript code by abusing the AJAX sample. It affects all users using the CKEditor 4 at version < 4.24.0-lts where samples/old/ajax.html is used in a production environment.

Patches

The problem has been recognized and patched. The fix will be available in version 4.24.0-lts.

For more information

Email us at [email protected] if you have any questions or comments about this advisory.

Acknowledgements

The CKEditor 4 team would like to thank Rafael Pedrero and INCIBE (original report) for recognizing and reporting this vulnerability.

Permalink: https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-wh5w-82f3-wrxh
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Source: GitHub Advisory Database
Origin: Unspecified
Severity: Moderate
Classification: General
Published: 3 months ago
Updated: 3 months ago

CVSS Score: 6.1
CVSS vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Identifiers: GHSA-wh5w-82f3-wrxh, CVE-2023-4771
References:

• https://github.com/ckeditor/ckeditor4/security/advisories/GHSA-wh5w-82f3-wrxh
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-4771
• https://github.com/ckeditor/ckeditor4/commit/8ed1a3c93d0ae5f49f4ecff5738ab8a2972194cb
• https://www.incibe.es/en/incibe-cert/notices/aviso/cross-site-scripting-vulnerability-cksource-ckeditor
• https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-wh5w-82f3-wrxh

Repository: https://github.com/ckeditor/ckeditor4
Blast Radius: 16.7

Affected Packages