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Security checkMarch 06, 2024

CKEditor4 Cross-site Scripting vulnerability caused by incorrect CDATA detection

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Medium severitynpmckeditor4

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Description

The vulnerability has been discovered in the core HTML parsing module and may affect all editor instances that:

  • Enabled full-page editing mode,
  • or enabled CDATA elements in Advanced Content Filtering configuration (defaults to script and style elements).

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

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