Affected packages

The vulnerability has been discovered in the core HTML processing module and may affect all plugins used by CKEditor 4.

Impact

A potential vulnerability has been discovered in CKEditor 4 HTML processing core module. The vulnerability allowed to inject malformed comments HTML bypassing content sanitization, which could result in executing JavaScript code. It affects all users using the CKEditor 4 at version < 4.17.0.

Patches

The problem has been recognized and patched. The fix will be available in version 4.17.0.

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 William Bowling (wbowling) for recognizing and reporting this vulnerability.

References

• GHSA-7h26-63m7-qhf2
• https://github.com/ckeditor/ckeditor4/blob/major/CHANGES.md#ckeditor-417
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-41165
• https://www.drupal.org/sa-core-2021-011
• https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujan2022.html
• https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2022.html
• https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2022.html