What is CVE-2022-48110?

CVE-2022-48110 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Ckeditor, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2023-02-13.

How severe is CVE-2022-48110?

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

XSS in Ckeditor

CVE-2022-48110

CKSource CKEditor 5 35.4.0 was discovered to contain a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability via the Full Featured CKEditor5 widget. NOTE: the vendor's position is that this is not a vulnerability. The CKEditor 5 documentation discusses that it is the responsibility of an integrator (who is adding CKEditor 5 functionality to a website) to choose the correct security settings for their use case. Also, safe default values are established (e.g., config.htmlEmbed.showPreviews is false).

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

EPSS: 0.021 (79.8th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.1 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N.

Affected products

Ckeditor — versions 35.4.0
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

References

cve@mitre.org (Vendor Advisory)
cve@mitre.org (Broken Link)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-48110?: CVE-2022-48110 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Ckeditor, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2023-02-13.
How severe is CVE-2022-48110?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.