Cross-site scripting (XSS) in CKEditor - CVE-2014-5191
Published: August 12, 2016
Vulnerability identifier: #VU306
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2014-5191
CWE-ID: CWE-79
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: CKSource
Affected software:
CKEditor
CKEditor
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allow a remote attacker to perform cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks.
The vulnerability exists due to insufficient sanitization of user-input in Preview plugin. A remote attacker can inject arbitrary HTML and script code and execute it in user’s browser in context of vulnerable website.
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may allow a remote attacker to steal potentially sensitive information, change appearance of the web page, perform phishing and drive-by-download attacks.
How to mitigate CVE-2014-5191
Update to version 4.4.3.