Cross-Site Scripting in @ckeditor/ckeditor5-link

Description

Versions of status-board prior to 10.0.1 are vulnerable to Cross-Site Scripting. The _createPreviewButton() function fails to sanitize the href attribute of a created <a> tag. This may allow attackers to execute arbitrary JavaScript in a victim’s browser.

Recommendation

Update the @ckeditor/ckeditor5-link package to the latest compatible version. Followings are version details:

• Affected version(s): >= 0.3.0, < 10.0.1
• Patched version(s): 10.0.1

References

• GHSA-gvpx-9459-w3mj
• ckeditor.com
• snyk.io
• www.npmjs.com
• CVE-2018-11093
• CWE-79
• CAPEC-310
• OWASP 2021-A3
• OWASP 2021-A6

Related Issues

• CKEditor5 cross-site scripting vulnerability caused by the editor instance destroying process - @ckeditor/ckeditor5-markdown-gfm - CVE-2022-31175
• CKEditor5 cross-site scripting vulnerability caused by the editor instance destroying process - @ckeditor/ckeditor5-html-support - CVE-2022-31175
• Enhanced Image plugin for CKEditor is vulnerable to Cross-site scripting (XSS) - CVE-2018-9861
• CKEditor 5 cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the clipboard package - ckeditor5 - CVE-2025-58064

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@ckeditor/ckeditor5-link