ADVISORIES
GEM
SEVERITY
CVSS v3.x: 6.1 (Medium)
PATCHED VERSIONS
None.
DESCRIPTION
Affected packages
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.
Impact
A potential vulnerability has been discovered in one of CKEditor's 4 samples that are shipped with production code. The vulnerability allowed to execute JavaScript code by abusing the AJAX sample. It affects all users using the CKEditor 4 at version < 4.24.0-lts where samples/old/ajax.html is used in a production environment.
Patches
The problem has been recognized and patched. The fix will be available in version 4.24.0-lts.
For more information
Email us at security@cksource.com if you have any questions or comments about this advisory.
Acknowledgements
The CKEditor 4 team would like to thank Rafael Pedrero and INCIBE (original report) for recognizing and reporting this vulnerability.
RELATED
- https://github.com/ckeditor/ckeditor4/security/advisories/GHSA-wh5w-82f3-wrxh
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-4771
- https://github.com/ckeditor/ckeditor4/commit/8ed1a3c93d0ae5f49f4ecff5738ab8a2972194cb
- https://www.incibe.es/en/incibe-cert/notices/aviso/cross-site-scripting-vulnerability-cksource-ckeditor
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-wh5w-82f3-wrxh