CVE-2024-24815

6.1 · MEDIUM

Published Feb 7, 2024 ckeditor CWE-79 EPSS 0.71% (51th pctl) CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Overview

CVE-2024-24815 is a medium-severity vulnerability affecting ckeditor ckeditor. It was published on February 7, 2024 and has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 6.1 (MEDIUM).

This vulnerability has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 6.1, rated MEDIUM. It can be exploited remotely over the network. No authentication or special privileges are required for exploitation.

Technical Description

CKEditor4 is an open source what-you-see-is-what-you-get HTML editor. A cross-site scripting vulnerability has been discovered in the core HTML parsing module in versions of CKEditor4 prior to 4.24.0-lts. It 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). The vulnerability allows attackers to inject malformed HTML content bypassing Advanced Content Filtering mechanism, which could result in executing JavaScript code. An attacker could abuse faulty CDATA content detection and use it to prepare an intentional attack on the editor. A fix is available in version 4.24.0-lts.

Remediation

Check the references section for vendor advisories and patches from ckeditor. Update ckeditor to the latest patched version. If immediate patching is not possible, review the CVSS vector to understand the attack surface and apply compensating controls such as network segmentation or access restrictions.

Affected Products

Vendor	Product	Versions	Status
ckeditor	ckeditor	>= 4.0, < 4.24.0	Affected

References

Ref ckeditor.com/docs/ckeditor4/latest/api/CKEDITOR_dtd.html#property-S-cdata Ref ckeditor.com/docs/ckeditor4/latest/features/fullpage.html Ref ckeditor.com/docs/ckeditor4/latest/guide/dev_advanced_content_filter.html GitHub github.com/ckeditor/ckeditor4/commit/8ed1a3c93d0ae5f49f4ecff5738ab8a2972194cb GitHub github.com/ckeditor/ckeditor4/security/advisories/GHSA-fq6h-4g8v-qqvm Ref www.drupal.org/sa-contrib-2024-009 Ref ckeditor.com/docs/ckeditor4/latest/api/CKEDITOR_dtd.html#property-S-cdata Ref ckeditor.com/docs/ckeditor4/latest/features/fullpage.html Ref ckeditor.com/docs/ckeditor4/latest/guide/dev_advanced_content_filter.html GitHub github.com/ckeditor/ckeditor4/commit/8ed1a3c93d0ae5f49f4ecff5738ab8a2972194cb

Frequently Asked Questions

What is CVE-2024-24815?

CVE-2024-24815 is a medium-severity vulnerability affecting ckeditor ckeditor. It was published on February 7, 2024 and has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 6.1 (MEDIUM).

How severe is CVE-2024-24815?

This vulnerability has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 6.1, rated MEDIUM. It can be exploited remotely over the network. No authentication or special privileges are required for exploitation.

How do I fix or remediate CVE-2024-24815?

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