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HTML comments vulnerability allowing to execute JavaScript code

Moderate
jacekbogdanski published GHSA-7h26-63m7-qhf2 Nov 17, 2021

Package

No package listed

Affected versions

< 4.17.0

Patched versions

4.17.0

Description

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 comments HTML bypassing content sanitization, which could result in executing JavaScript code. It affects all users using the CKEditor 4 at version < 4.17.0.

Patches

The problem has been recognized and patched. The fix will be available in version 4.17.0.

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 William Bowling (wbowling) for recognizing and reporting this vulnerability.

Severity

Moderate

CVE ID

CVE-2021-41165

Weaknesses

No CWEs