Advanced Content Filter (ACF) vulnerability allowing to execute JavaScript code using malformed HTML

Description

The vulnerability has been discovered in the Advanced Content Filter (ACF) module and may affect all plugins used by CKEditor 4.

Recommendation

Update the ckeditor4 package to the latest compatible version. Followings are version details:

Affected version(s): < 4.17.0
Patched version(s): 4.17.0

References

GHSA-pvmx-g8h5-cprj
www.drupal.org
www.oracle.com
lists.fedoraproject.org
CVE-2021-41164
CWE-79
CAPEC-310
OWASP 2021-A3
OWASP 2021-A6

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