Cross-site scripting in CKEditor - CVE-2024-43411
Published: August 21, 2024 / Updated: October 15, 2024
Vulnerability identifier: #VU96372
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 2.1 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2024-43411
CWE-ID: CWE-79
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The disclosed vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks.
The vulnerability exists due to insufficient sanitization of user-supplied data. A remote attacker can execute arbitrary HTML and script code in user's browser in context of vulnerable website.
Note, successful vulnerability exploitation requires control over the https://cke4.ckeditor.com domain.
Affected software
CKEditor
Ubuntu
ckeditor (Ubuntu package)
Ubuntu
ckeditor (Ubuntu package)
How to mitigate CVE-2024-43411
Install updates from vendor's website.
CKEditor - update to 4.25.0
ckeditor (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions Ubuntu Pro, 4.22.1+dfsg1-2ubuntu0.24.10.1
ckeditor (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions Ubuntu Pro, 4.22.1+dfsg1-2ubuntu0.24.10.1