Resource exhaustion in Ckeditor
CVE-2022-24729
CKEditor4 is an open source what-you-see-is-what-you-get HTML editor. CKEditor4 prior to version 4.18.0 contains a vulnerability in the `dialog` plugin. The vulnerability allows abuse of a dialog input validator regular expression, which c…
Vulnerability class: DoS (Denial of Service)
EPSS: 0.024 (82.2th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 6.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.
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 (Release Notes, Vendor Advisory)
- security-advisories@github.com (Third Party 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-2022-24729?
- CVE-2022-24729 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Ckeditor, classified under Uncontrolled Resource Consumption. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2022-03-16.
- How severe is CVE-2022-24729?
- Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.
- Is CVE-2022-24729 known to be exploited?
- 2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.