CVE-2020-9281

Severity
6.1MEDIUM
EPSS
1.2%
top 21.14%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Timeline
PublishedMar 7
Latest updateNov 2

Description

A cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the HTML Data Processor for CKEditor 4.0 before 4.14 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script through a crafted "protected" comment (with the cke_protected syntax).

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:NExploitability: 2.8 | Impact: 2.7

Affected Packages12 packages

npmckeditor4< 4.14.0
NVDckeditor/ckeditor4.04.14
Ubuntuckeditor< 4.5.7+dfsg-2ubuntu0.18.04.1+2
NVDdrupal/drupal8.7.08.7.12+1

Also affects: Fedora 30, 31, 32

Patches

🔴Vulnerability Details

6
OSV
ckeditor vulnerabilities2022-03-23
OSV
ckeditor vulnerabilities2022-03-22
GHSA
CKEditor 4.0 vulnerability in the HTML Data Processor2021-05-07
OSV
CKEditor 4.0 vulnerability in the HTML Data Processor2021-05-07
CVEList
CVE-2020-9281: A cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the HTML Data Processor for CKEditor 42020-03-07

📋Vendor Advisories

7
Fortinet
An improper neutralization of input during web page generation vulnerability [CWE-79] exists in FortiManager and FortiAn...2022-11-02
Ubuntu
CKEditor vulnerabilities2022-03-23
Ubuntu
CKEditor vulnerabilities2022-03-22
Oracle
Oracle Oracle Financial Services Applications Risk Matrix: Collections (CKEditor) — CVE-2020-92812022-01-15
Oracle
Oracle Oracle JD Edwards Risk Matrix: Web Runtime (CKEditor) — CVE-2020-92812021-04-15

💬Community

3
Bugzilla
CVE-2020-9281 ckeditor: XSS in the HTML Data Processor allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script through a crafted "protected" comment [fedora-all]2020-03-18
Bugzilla
CVE-2020-9281 ckeditor: XSS in the HTML Data Processor allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script through a crafted "protected" comment2020-03-18
Bugzilla
CVE-2020-9281 ckeditor: XSS in the HTML Data Processor allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script through a crafted "protected" comment [epel-all]2020-03-18
CVE-2020-9281 (MEDIUM CVSS 6.1) | A cross-site scripting (XSS) vulner | cvebase.io