CKEditor4 low-risk cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability linked to potential domain takeover

Description

The issue impacts only editor instances with enabled version notifications.

Please note that this feature is disabled by default in all CKEditor 4 LTS versions. Therefore, if you use CKEditor 4 LTS, it is highly unlikely that you are affected by this vulnerability. If you are unsure, please contact us.

Recommendation

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

• Affected version(s): >= 4.22.0, < 4.25.0
• Patched version(s): 4.25.0

References

• GHSA-6v96-m24v-f58j
• CVE-2024-43411
• 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
• CKEditor4 Cross-site Scripting vulnerability caused by incorrect CDATA detection - CVE-2024-24815
• Bootstrap Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability for data-* attributes - CVE-2024-6485

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