Description
ckeditor is an open source WYSIWYG HTML editor with rich content support. A vulnerability has been discovered in the clipboard Widget plugin if used alongside the undo feature. The vulnerability allows a user to abuse undo functionality using malformed widget HTML, which could result in executing JavaScript code. It affects all users using the CKEditor 4 plugins listed above at version >= 4.13.0. The problem has been recognized and patched. The fix will be available in version 4.16.2.
Affected products
Version statuses are supplied by the assigning organization. Consult the original record for detailed ranges and platform conditions.
ckeditor ckeditor4
>= 4.13.0, < 4.16.2affected
References
- https://github.com/ckeditor/ckeditor4/security/advisories/GHSA-6226-h7ff-ch6c ↗
- https://github.com/ckeditor/ckeditor4/releases/tag/4.16.2 ↗
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/NYA354LJP47KCVJMTUO77ZCX3ZK42G3T/ ↗
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/UVOYN2WKDPLKCNILIGEZM236ABQASLGW/ ↗
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/WAGNWHFIQAVCP537KFFS2A2GDG66J7XD/ ↗
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2021.html ↗
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujan2022.html ↗