CKEditor cross-site scripting vulnerability in AJAX sample

Description

The vulnerability has been discovered in the AJAX sample available at the samples/old/ajax.html file location. All integrators that use that sample in the production code can be affected.

Recommendation

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

• Affected version(s): < 4.24.0-lts
• Patched version(s): 4.24.0-lts

References

• GHSA-wh5w-82f3-wrxh
• www.incibe.es
• CVE-2023-4771
• CWE-79
• CAPEC-310
• OWASP 2021-A3
• OWASP 2021-A6

Related Issues

• Code Snippet GeSHi plugin in CKEditor 4 has reflected cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability - CVE-2024-43407
• CKEditor4 Cross-site Scripting vulnerability in samples with enabled the preview feature - CVE-2024-24816
• Scrypted Cross-site Scripting vulnerability - CVE-2023-47623
• Joplin Cross-site Scripting vulnerability - CVE-2023-37299

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npm

ckeditor4