CVE-2024-24816 Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in samples with enabled the preview feature

2024-02-0716:58:24

CWE-79

GitHub_M

www.cve.org

cross-site scripting

ckeditor4

html editor

vulnerability

preview feature

javascript code

misconfigured feature

production environment

fix available

6.1 Medium

CVSS3

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction

REQUIRED

Scope

CHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

LOW

Integrity Impact

LOW

Availability Impact

NONE

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

6.3 Medium

AI Score

Confidence

High

0.001 Low

EPSS

Percentile

20.8%

JSON

CKEditor4 is an open source what-you-see-is-what-you-get HTML editor. A cross-site scripting vulnerability vulnerability has been discovered in versions prior to 4.24.0-lts in samples that use the preview feature. All integrators that use these samples in the production code can be affected. The vulnerability allows an attacker to execute JavaScript code by abusing the misconfigured preview feature. It affects all users using the CKEditor 4 at version < 4.24.0-lts with affected samples used in a production environment. A fix is available in version 4.24.0-lts.

CNA Affected

[
  {
    "vendor": "ckeditor",
    "product": "ckeditor4",
    "versions": [
      {
        "version": "< 4.24.0-lts",
        "status": "affected"
      }
    ]
  }
]