What is CVE-2024-43407?

CVE-2024-43407 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Ckeditor, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2024-08-21.

How severe is CVE-2024-43407?

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

XSS in Ckeditor

CVE-2024-43407

CKEditor4 is an open source what-you-see-is-what-you-get HTML editor. A potential vulnerability has been discovered in CKEditor 4 Code Snippet GeSHi plugin. The vulnerability allowed a reflected XSS attack by exploiting a flaw in the GeSHi…

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

EPSS: 0.004 (33.8th 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
Ckeditor Ckeditor4 — versions < 4.25.0-lts

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

References

security-advisories@github.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Vendor Advisory)
security-advisories@github.com (Patch, x_refsource_MISC)
security-advisories@github.com (Patch, x_refsource_MISC)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-43407?: CVE-2024-43407 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Ckeditor, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2024-08-21.
How severe is CVE-2024-43407?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.