What is CVE-2018-9861?

CVE-2018-9861 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Ckeditor Enhanced Image, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2018-04-19.

How severe is CVE-2018-9861?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.

XSS in Ckeditor Enhanced Image

CVE-2018-9861

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Enhanced Image (aka image2) plugin for CKEditor (in versions 4.5.10 through 4.9.1; fixed in 4.9.2), as used in Drupal 8 before 8.4.7 and 8.5.x before 8.5.2 and other products, allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script through a crafted IMG element.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

EPSS: 0.018 (76.0th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.1 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N.

Affected products

Ckeditor Enhanced_image
Drupal
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

References

cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Release Notes)
cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Third Party Advisory)
cve@mitre.org (vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID)
cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_MISC)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-9861?: CVE-2018-9861 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Ckeditor Enhanced Image, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2018-04-19.
How severe is CVE-2018-9861?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.