CVE-2024-24815
CVE-2024-24815 · CKEditor4 Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability caused by incorrect CDATA detection
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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.
CVSS 6.1 · Medium · EPSS 0.7% · Fix available
- Published
- Updated
Affected products and versions
ckeditor4
- Versions
- < 4.24.0-lts: Affected
No fix published
ckeditor Debian:12
- Versions
- 4.19.1+dfsg-1
- 4.22.1+dfsg-1
- 4.22.1+dfsg1-2
- Affected ranges
- ECOSYSTEM: (−∞, +∞)
No fix published
ckeditor3 Debian:12
- Versions
- 3.6.6.1+dfsg-7
- Affected ranges
- ECOSYSTEM: (−∞, +∞)
No fix published
ckeditor4 npm
- Affected ranges
- SEMVER: < 4.24.0-lts
Update to 4.24.0-lts
ckeditor/ckeditor Packagist
- Versions
- 4.10.0
- 4.10.1
- 4.11.0
- 4.11.1
- 4.11.2
- 4.11.3
- 4.11.4
- 4.12.0
- 4.12.1
- 4.13.0
- 4.13.1
- 4.14.0
- 4.14.1
- 4.15.0
- 4.15.1
- 4.16.0
- 4.16.1
- 4.16.2
- 4.17.0
- 4.17.1
- 4.17.2
- 4.18.0
- 4.19.0
- 4.19.1
- 4.20.0
- 4.20.1
- 4.20.2
- 4.21.0
- 4.22.0
- 4.22.1
- 4.23.0
- 4.3.3
- 4.3.4
- 4.3.5
- 4.4.0
- 4.4.1
- 4.4.2
- 4.4.3
- 4.4.4
- 4.4.5
- 4.4.6
- 4.4.7
- 4.4.8
- 4.5.0
- 4.5.1
- 4.5.10
- 4.5.11
- 4.5.2
- 4.5.3
- 4.5.4
- 4.5.5
- 4.5.6
- 4.5.7
- 4.5.8
- 4.5.9
- 4.6.0
- 4.6.1
- 4.6.2
- 4.7.0
- 4.7.1
- 4.7.2
- 4.7.3
- 4.8.0
- 4.9.0
- 4.9.1
- 4.9.2
- Affected ranges
- ECOSYSTEM: < 4.24.0
Update to 4.24.0
ckeditor Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS
- Versions
- 4.4.4+dfsg1-3
- 4.5.6+dfsg-1
- 4.5.7+dfsg-1
- 4.5.7+dfsg-2
- 4.5.7+dfsg-2ubuntu0.16.04.1~esm1
- 4.5.7+dfsg-2ubuntu0.16.04.1~esm2
- 4.5.7+dfsg-2ubuntu0.16.04.1~esm3
- Affected ranges
- ECOSYSTEM: (−∞, +∞)
No fix published
ldap-account-manager Ubuntu:16.04:LTS
- Versions
- 4.9-1
- 5.1-1
- 5.2-1
- 5.2-1ubuntu1
- Affected ranges
- ECOSYSTEM: (−∞, +∞)
No fix published
request-tracker4 Ubuntu:16.04:LTS
- Versions
- 4.2.11-2
- 4.2.12-3
- 4.2.12-4
- 4.2.12-5
- Affected ranges
- ECOSYSTEM: (−∞, +∞)
No fix published
ckeditor Ubuntu:Pro:18.04:LTS
- Versions
- 4.5.7+dfsg-2
- 4.5.7+dfsg-2ubuntu0.18.04.1
- 4.5.7+dfsg-2ubuntu0.18.04.1+esm1
- 4.5.7+dfsg-2ubuntu0.18.04.1+esm2
- Affected ranges
- ECOSYSTEM: (−∞, +∞)
No fix published
ckeditor3 Ubuntu:18.04:LTS
- Versions
- 3.6.6.1+dfsg-1
- Affected ranges
- ECOSYSTEM: (−∞, +∞)
No fix published
ldap-account-manager Ubuntu:18.04:LTS
- Versions
- 5.7-1
- 6.1-1
- 6.2-1
- Affected ranges
- ECOSYSTEM: (−∞, +∞)
No fix published
request-tracker4 Ubuntu:Pro:18.04:LTS
- Versions
- 4.4.1-5
- 4.4.2-1
- 4.4.2-2
- 4.4.2-2ubuntu0.1~esm1
- Affected ranges
- ECOSYSTEM: (−∞, +∞)
No fix published
ckeditor Ubuntu:Pro:20.04:LTS
- Versions
- 4.11.1+dfsg-1
- 4.12.1+dfsg-1
- 4.12.1+dfsg-1ubuntu0.1
- 4.12.1+dfsg-1ubuntu0.1+esm1
- 4.12.1+dfsg-1ubuntu0.1+esm2
- Affected ranges
- ECOSYSTEM: (−∞, +∞)
No fix published
ckeditor3 Ubuntu:20.04:LTS
- Versions
- 3.6.6.1+dfsg-3
- 3.6.6.1+dfsg-4
- Affected ranges
- ECOSYSTEM: (−∞, +∞)
No fix published
ldap-account-manager Ubuntu:20.04:LTS
- Versions
- 6.7-1
- Affected ranges
- ECOSYSTEM: (−∞, +∞)
No fix published
request-tracker4 Ubuntu:20.04:LTS
- Versions
- 4.4.3-2
- 4.4.3-2+deb10u3build0.20.04.1
- Affected ranges
- ECOSYSTEM: (−∞, +∞)
No fix published
ckeditor3 Ubuntu:22.04:LTS
- Versions
- 3.6.6.1+dfsg-7
- Affected ranges
- ECOSYSTEM: (−∞, +∞)
No fix published
ldap-account-manager Ubuntu:22.04:LTS
- Versions
- 7.5-1
- 7.7-1
- Affected ranges
- ECOSYSTEM: (−∞, +∞)
No fix published
request-tracker4 Ubuntu:22.04:LTS
- Versions
- 4.4.4+dfsg-2ubuntu1
- 4.4.4+dfsg-2ubuntu1.22.04.1
- Affected ranges
- ECOSYSTEM: (−∞, +∞)
No fix published
ckeditor Ubuntu:Pro:22.04:LTS
- Versions
- 4.16.0+dfsg-2
- 4.16.2+dfsg-1
- 4.16.2+dfsg-1ubuntu0.1~esm1
- 4.16.2+dfsg-1ubuntu0.1~esm2
- Affected ranges
- ECOSYSTEM: (−∞, +∞)
No fix published
ckeditor3 Ubuntu:24.04:LTS
- Versions
- 3.6.6.1+dfsg-7
- Affected ranges
- ECOSYSTEM: (−∞, +∞)
No fix published
ldap-account-manager Ubuntu:24.04:LTS
- Versions
- 8.3-1
- 8.5-1
- Affected ranges
- ECOSYSTEM: (−∞, +∞)
No fix published
request-tracker4 Ubuntu:24.04:LTS
- Versions
- 4.4.4+dfsg-2ubuntu1
- 4.4.4+dfsg-2ubuntu2
- 4.4.7+dfsg-1
- Affected ranges
- ECOSYSTEM: (−∞, +∞)
No fix published
ckeditor Ubuntu:Pro:24.04:LTS
- Versions
- 4.22.1+dfsg1-2
- 4.22.1+dfsg1-2ubuntu0.24.04.1~esm1
- 4.22.1+dfsg1-2ubuntu0.24.04.1~esm2
- Affected ranges
- ECOSYSTEM: (−∞, +∞)
No fix published
Original sources
- https://github.com/ckeditor/ckeditor4/security/advisories/GHSA-fq6h-4g8v-qqvm
- https://github.com/ckeditor/ckeditor4/commit/8ed1a3c93d0ae5f49f4ecff5738ab8a2972194cb
- https://ckeditor.com/docs/ckeditor4/latest/api/CKEDITOR_dtd.html#property-S-cdata
- https://ckeditor.com/docs/ckeditor4/latest/features/fullpage.html
- https://ckeditor.com/docs/ckeditor4/latest/guide/dev_advanced_content_filter.html
- https://www.drupal.org/sa-contrib-2024-009
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-24815