Cross-site scripting in CKEditor - CVE-2018-17960
Published: November 14, 2018 / Updated: July 17, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU31182
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 5.1 [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]
CVE-ID: CVE-2018-17960
CWE-ID: CWE-79
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to read and manipulate data.
CKEditor 4.x before 4.11.0 allows user-assisted XSS involving a source-mode paste.
Affected software
CKEditor
otrs (Alpine package)
ckeditor
Fedora
PeopleSoft Enterprise PeopleTools
IBM Engineering Requirements Management DOORS Next
Engineering Workflow Management
otrs (Alpine package)
ckeditor
Fedora
PeopleSoft Enterprise PeopleTools
IBM Engineering Requirements Management DOORS Next
Engineering Workflow Management
How to mitigate CVE-2018-17960
Install update from vendor's website.
CKEditor - update to 4.11.0
otrs (Alpine package) - update to 6.0.33-r0
IBM Engineering Requirements Management DOORS Next - update to 9.7.2.8
ckeditor - addressed in versions 4.11.2-1.fc28, 4.11.2-1.fc29, 4.11.2-2.el6, 4.11.2-2.el7
Engineering Workflow Management - addressed in versions 7.0.1 iFix021, 7.0.2 iFix021
otrs (Alpine package) - update to 6.0.33-r0
IBM Engineering Requirements Management DOORS Next - update to 9.7.2.8
ckeditor - addressed in versions 4.11.2-1.fc28, 4.11.2-1.fc29, 4.11.2-2.el6, 4.11.2-2.el7
Engineering Workflow Management - addressed in versions 7.0.1 iFix021, 7.0.2 iFix021
External References
Related Security Bulletins
- Cross-site scripting in CKSource CKEditor
- Cross-site scripting in otrs (Alpine package)
- Multiple vulnerabilities in IBM Engineering Workflow Management (EWM)
- Multiple vulnerabilities in IBM Engineering Requirements Management DOORS/DWA
- Fedora 28 update for ckeditor
- Fedora 29 update for ckeditor
- Fedora EPEL 7 update for ckeditor
- Fedora EPEL 6 update for ckeditor
- Multiple vulnerabilities in PeopleSoft Enterprise PeopleTools