Code Snippet GeSHi plugin in CKEditor 4 has reflected cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability

Description

The vulnerability has been discovered in Code Snippet GeSHi plugin. All integrators that use GeSHi syntax highlighter on the backend side can be affected.

Recommendation

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

• Affected version(s): < 4.25.0
• Patched version(s): 4.25.0

References

• GHSA-7r32-vfj5-c2jv
• CVE-2024-43407
• CWE-79
• CAPEC-310
• OWASP 2021-A3
• OWASP 2021-A6

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• VvvebJs Reflected Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability - CVE-2024-29271
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• TinyMCE Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in handling external SVG files through Object or Embed elements - CVE-2024-29881
• vue-i18n has cross-site scripting vulnerability with prototype pollution - @intlify/vue-i18n-core - CVE-2024-52809

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