CVE-2022-24728
moderate-risk
Published 2022-03-16
CKEditor4 is an open source what-you-see-is-what-you-get HTML editor. A vulnerability has been discovered in the core HTML processing module and may affect all plugins used by CKEditor 4 prior to version 4.18.0. The vulnerability allows someone to inject malformed HTML bypassing content sanitization, which could result in executing JavaScript code. This problem has been patched in version 4.18.0. There are currently no known workarounds.
Do I need to act?
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0.80% chance of exploitation
EPSS score — low exploit probability
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Not on CISA KEV list
No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA
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Patch status unknown
Check vendor advisories for fix availability and mitigation guidance
5
CVSS 5.4/10
Medium
NETWORK
/ LOW complexity
Affected Products (17)
Commerce Merchandising
Financial Services Trade-Based Anti Money Laundering
Financial Services Trade-Based Anti Money Laundering
Affected Vendors
References (14)
Release Notes
https://ckeditor.com/cke4/release/CKEditor-4.18.0
Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/ckeditor/ckeditor4/security/advisories/GHSA-4fc4-4p5g-6w89
Release Notes
https://ckeditor.com/cke4/release/CKEditor-4.18.0
Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/ckeditor/ckeditor4/security/advisories/GHSA-4fc4-4p5g-6w89
43
/ 100
moderate-risk
Severity
21/34 · High
Exploitability
3/34 · Minimal
Exposure
19/34 · Moderate