Description
CKEditor4 is an open source what-you-see-is-what-you-get HTML editor. A cross-site scripting vulnerability has been discovered in the core HTML parsing module in versions of CKEditor4 prior to 4.24.0-lts. It may affect all editor instances that enabled full-page editing mode or enabled CDATA elements in Advanced Content Filtering configuration (defaults to `script` and `style` elements). The vulnerability allows attackers to inject malformed HTML content bypassing Advanced Content Filtering mechanism, which could result in executing JavaScript code. An attacker could abuse faulty CDATA content detection and use it to prepare an intentional attack on the editor. A fix is available in version 4.24.0-lts.
References (6)
Core 6
Core References
Various Sources
https://www.drupal.org/sa-contrib-2024-009
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://github.com/ckeditor/ckeditor4/security/advisories/GHSA-fq6h-4g8v-qqvm
Patch x_refsource_misc
https://github.com/ckeditor/ckeditor4/commit/8ed1a3c93d0ae5f49f4ecff5738ab8a2972194cb
Product x_refsource_misc
https://ckeditor.com/docs/ckeditor4/latest/api/CKEDITOR_dtd.html#property-S-cdata
Product x_refsource_misc
https://ckeditor.com/docs/ckeditor4/latest/features/fullpage.html
Product x_refsource_misc
https://ckeditor.com/docs/ckeditor4/latest/guide/dev_advanced_content_filter.html
Scores
CVSS v3
6.1
EPSS
0.0017
EPSS Percentile
37.7%
Attack Vector
NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
CISA SSVC
Vulnrichment
Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical Impact
partial
Details
CWE
CWE-79
Status
published
Products (3)
ckeditor/ckeditor
0 - 4.24.0Packagist
ckeditor/ckeditor
4.0 - 4.24.0
npm/ckeditor4
0 - 4.24.0-ltsnpm
Published
Feb 07, 2024
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026