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Security checkApril 22, 2024

CKEditor 4 ReDoS Vulnerability

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Medium severitynpmckeditor4-dev

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Description

It was possible to execute a ReDoS-type attack inside CKEditor 4 before 4.16 by persuading a victim to paste crafted text into the Styles input of specific dialogs (in the Advanced Tab for Dialogs plugin).

Recommendation

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

  • Affected version(s): < 4.16
  • Patched version(s): 4.16

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