Cross-site Scripting in CKEditor4
Date: 2022-03
Affected: npm/ckeditor4
Attack vector: xss
Category: vulnerability-disclosure
Severity: Medium
CVE: CVE-2022-24728
CWE: CWE-79
CVSS: 5.4 (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N)

### Affected packages The vulnerability has been discovered in the core HTML processing module and may affect all plugins used by CKEditor 4. ### Impact A potential vulnerability has been discovered in CKEditor 4 HTML processing core module. The vulnerability allowed to inject malformed HTML bypassing content sanitization, which could result in executing JavaScript code. It affects all users using the CKEditor 4 at version < 4.18.0. ### Patches The problem has been recognized and patched. The fix will be available in version 4.18.0. ### For more information Email us at security@cksource.com if you have any questions or comments about this advisory. ### Acknowledgements The CKEditor 4 team would like to thank GHSL team member Kevin Backhouse ([@kevinbackhouse](https://github.com/kevinbackhouse)) for recognizing and reporting this vulnerability.


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