CVE-2022-24728

MEDIUM5.4EPSS 0.99%

Cross-site Scripting in CKEditor4

Published: 3/16/2022Modified: 12/10/2025
Also known as:GHSA-4fc4-4p5g-6w89GHSA-f6rf-9m92-x2hhBIT-drupal-2022-24728BIT-drupal-2022-24729DRUPAL-CORE-2022-005

Description

### Affected packages The vulnerability has been discovered in the core HTML processing module and may affect all plugins used by CKEditor 4. ### Impact A potential vulnerability has been discovered in CKEditor 4 HTML processing core module. The vulnerability allowed to inject malformed HTML bypassing content sanitization, which could result in executing JavaScript code. It affects all users using the CKEditor 4 at version < 4.18.0. ### Patches The problem has been recognized and patched. The fix will be available in version 4.18.0. ### For more information Email us at [email protected] if you have any questions or comments about this advisory. ### Acknowledgements The CKEditor 4 team would like to thank GHSL team member Kevin Backhouse ([@kevinbackhouse](https://github.com/kevinbackhouse)) for recognizing and reporting this vulnerability.

Affected packages (6)

CVSS scores

SourceVersionSeverityVector
osvCVSS 3.1MEDIUM5.4CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

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