XSS in Ckeditor
CVE-2022-24728
CKEditor4 is an open source what-you-see-is-what-you-get HTML editor. A vulnerability has been discovered in the core HTML processing module and may affect all plugins used by CKEditor 4 prior to version 4.18.0. The vulnerability allows someone to inject malformed HTML bypassing content sanitization, which could result in executing JavaScript code. This problem has been patched in version 4.18.0. There are currently no known workarounds.
Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)
EPSS: 0.012 (66.7th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 5.4 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N.
Affected products
- Ckeditor
- Ckeditor Ckeditor4 — versions < 4.18.0
- Drupal
- Oracle Application_express
- Oracle Commerce_merchandising — versions 11.3.2
- Oracle Financial_services_analytical_applications_infrastructure — versions 8.1.1.0, 8.1.2.0, 8.1.2.1
- Oracle Financial_services_behavior_detection_platform — versions 8.0.7.0, 8.0.8.0
- Oracle Financial_services_trade-based_anti_money_laundering — versions 8.0.7, 8.0.8
- Oracle Peoplesoft_enterprise_peopletools — versions 8.58, 8.59
- Fedoraproject Fedora — versions 36, 37
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- security-advisories@github.com (Third Party Advisory)
- security-advisories@github.com (Patch, Third Party Advisory)
- security-advisories@github.com (Release Notes, Vendor Advisory)
- security-advisories@github.com (Patch, Third Party Advisory)
- security-advisories@github.com (Patch, Third Party Advisory)
- security-advisories@github.com (vendor-advisory)
- security-advisories@github.com (vendor-advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2022-24728?
- CVE-2022-24728 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Ckeditor, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 5.4/10. Published 2022-03-16.
- How severe is CVE-2022-24728?
- Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.4 out of 10.
- Is CVE-2022-24728 known to be exploited?
- 2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.