CKEditor <= 46.1.0 Reflected XSS Vulnerability
🗓️ 14 Nov 2025 00:00:00Reported by Copyright (C) 2025 Greenbone AGType
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| Reporter | Title | Published | Views | Family All 13 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CVE-2025-61261 | 7 Nov 202521:33 | – | circl | |
| CKEditor 安全漏洞 | 7 Nov 202500:00 | – | cnnvd | |
| CVE-2025-61261 | 7 Nov 202500:00 | – | cve | |
| CVE-2025-61261 | 7 Nov 202500:00 | – | cvelist | |
| EUVD-2025-38297 | 7 Nov 202521:31 | – | euvd | |
| CVE-2025-61261 | 7 Nov 202519:16 | – | nvd | |
| CVE-2025-61261 | 7 Nov 202500:00 | – | osv | |
| UBUNTU-CVE-2025-61261 | 7 Nov 202519:16 | – | osv | |
| PT-2025-45490 | 7 Nov 202500:00 | – | ptsecurity | |
| CVE-2025-61261 | 12 Nov 202509:28 | – | redhatcve |
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| Source | Link |
|---|---|
| senscybersecurity | www.senscybersecurity.nl/cve-2025-61261-explained/ |
# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2025 Greenbone AG
# Some text descriptions might be excerpted from (a) referenced
# source(s), and are Copyright (C) by the respective right holder(s).
#
# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
CPE = "cpe:/a:ckeditor:ckeditor";
if(description)
{
script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.125501");
script_version("2025-11-18T05:39:54+0000");
script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2025-11-18 05:39:54 +0000 (Tue, 18 Nov 2025)");
script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2025-11-14 16:22:14 +0000 (Fri, 14 Nov 2025)");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"4.3");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N");
script_cve_id("CVE-2025-61261");
# nb: Since vulnerability occurs in specific CKEditor with Angular integration
script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"remote_banner_unreliable");
script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"NoneAvailable");
script_name("CKEditor <= 46.1.0 Reflected XSS Vulnerability");
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2025 Greenbone AG");
script_family("Web application abuses");
script_dependencies("sw_ckeditor_http_detect.nasl");
script_mandatory_keys("ckeditor/detected");
script_tag(name:"summary", value:"CKEditor 5 is prone to a reflected cross-site scripting (XSS)
vulnerability when used with Angular.");
script_tag(name:"vuldetect", value:"Checks if a vulnerable version is present on the target host.");
script_tag(name:"insight", value:"A reflected XSS vulnerability exists in CKEditor and allows
attackers to execute arbitrary code in the context of a user's browser by injecting a crafted
payload through the link feature using data URLs that bypass Angular's sanitization.");
script_tag(name:"affected", value:"CKEditor version 46.1.0 and probably prior when integrated
with Angular v18.0.0.");
script_tag(name:"solution", value:"No known solution is available as of 14th November, 2025.
Information regarding this issue will be updated once solution details are available.");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://senscybersecurity.nl/cve-2025-61261-explained/");
exit(0);
}
include("version_func.inc");
include("host_details.inc");
if (!port = get_app_port(cpe: CPE))
exit(0);
if (!infos = get_app_version_and_location(cpe: CPE, port: port, exit_no_version: TRUE))
exit(0);
version = infos["version"];
location = infos["location"];
if (version_is_less_equal(version: version, test_version: "46.1.0")) {
report = report_fixed_ver(installed_version: version, fixed_version: "None", install_path: location);
security_message(port: port, data: report);
exit(0);
}
exit(0);
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18 Nov 2025 00:00Current
6Medium risk
Vulners AI Score6
CVSS 3.15.4
EPSS0.0026
SSVC