GHSA-wpvm-wqr4-p7cw
Suggest an improvement- Source
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-wpvm-wqr4-p7cw
- Import Source
- https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2021/10/GHSA-wpvm-wqr4-p7cw/GHSA-wpvm-wqr4-p7cw.json
- JSON Data
- https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/GHSA-wpvm-wqr4-p7cw
- Aliases
- Published
- 2021-10-13T15:34:09Z
- Modified
- 2023-11-01T04:54:50.564857Z
- Severity
-
- 6.5 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS Calculator
- Summary
- Inclusion of Functionality from Untrusted Control Sphere in CKEditor 4
- Details
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It was possible to execute a ReDoS-type attack inside CKEditor 4 before 4.16 by persuading a victim to paste crafted URL-like text into the editor, and then press Enter or Space (in the Autolink plugin).
- Database specific
{ "github_reviewed": true, "nvd_published_at": "2021-01-26T21:15:00Z", "github_reviewed_at": "2021-10-07T19:01:30Z", "cwe_ids": [ "CWE-829" ], "severity": "MODERATE" }- References
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- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-26272
- https://ckeditor.com/blog/CKEditor-4.16-with-improved-image-pasting-High-Contrast-support-and-a-new-color-API/#security-comes-first
- https://github.com/ckeditor/ckeditor4
- https://github.com/ckeditor/ckeditor4/blob/major/CHANGES.md#ckeditor-416
- https://www.oracle.com//security-alerts/cpujul2021.html
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujan2022.html
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2021.html
Affected packages
npm / ckeditor4
Package
- Name
- ckeditor4
- View open source insights on deps.dev
- Purl
- pkg:npm/ckeditor4