Incorrect Regular Expression in CKEditor - CVE-2022-24729
Published: March 17, 2022
Vulnerability identifier: #VU61427
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2022-24729
CWE-ID: CWE-185
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: CKSource
Affected software:
CKEditor
CKEditor
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform regular expression denial of service attack.
The vulnerability exists due to improper input validation in CKEditor 4 dialog plugin. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted input to the application and perform regular expression denial of service (ReDoS) attack.
How to mitigate CVE-2022-24729
Install updates from vendor's website.