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 so…
Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)
EPSS: 0.012 (63.1th 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.