Risk | Low |
Patch available | YES |
Number of vulnerabilities | 2 |
CVE-ID | CVE-2021-26271 CVE-2021-26272 |
CWE-ID | CWE-20 |
Exploitation vector | Network |
Public exploit | N/A |
Vulnerable software Subscribe |
CKEditor Web applications / JS libraries |
Vendor | CKSource |
Security Bulletin
This security bulletin contains information about 2 vulnerabilities.
EUVDB-ID: #VU50055
Risk: Low
CVSSv3.1: 4.1 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:L/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]
CVE-ID: CVE-2021-26271
CWE-ID:
CWE-20 - Improper input validation
Exploit availability: No
DescriptionThe vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a regular expression denial of service (ReDoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input. A remote attacker can trick the victim to paste a specially crafted text into the Styles input of specific dialogs (in the Advanced Tab for Dialogs plugin) and perform a regular expression denial of service (ReDoS) attack.
Install updates from vendor's website.
Vulnerable software versionsCKEditor: 4.0.0 - 4.15.1
External linkshttp://github.com/ckeditor/ckeditor4/blob/major/CHANGES.md#ckeditor-416
Q & A
Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?
Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.
Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?
No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.
EUVDB-ID: #VU50054
Risk: Low
CVSSv3.1: 4.1 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:L/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]
CVE-ID: CVE-2021-26272
CWE-ID:
CWE-20 - Improper input validation
Exploit availability: No
DescriptionThe vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a regular expression denial of service (ReDoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input. A remote attacker can trick the victim to paste a specially crafted URL-like text into the editor, and then press Enter or Space (in the Autolink plugin) and perform a regular expression denial of service (ReDoS) attack.
Install updates from vendor's website.
Vulnerable software versionsCKEditor: 4.0.0 - 4.15.1
External linkshttp://github.com/ckeditor/ckeditor4/blob/major/CHANGES.md#ckeditor-416
Q & A
Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?
Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.
Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?
No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.