CVE-2020-9440
published 2020-03-10CVE-2020-9440: A cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the WSC plugin through 5.5.7.5 for CKEditor 4 allows remote attackers to run arbitrary web script inside an…
PriorityP424medium6.1CVSS 3.1
AVNACLPRNUIRSCCLILAN
EPSS
1.28%
66.8th percentile
A cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the WSC plugin through 5.5.7.5 for CKEditor 4 allows remote attackers to run arbitrary web script inside an IFRAME element by injecting a crafted HTML element into the editor.
Affected
5 ranges
| Vendor | Product | Version range | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| ckeditor | ckeditor | — | — |
| fedoraproject | fedora | — | — |
| fedoraproject | fedora | — | — |
| fedoraproject | fedora | — | — |
| webspellchecker | webspellchecker | <= 5.5.7.5 | — |
CVSS provenance
nvdv3.16.1MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
nvdv2.04.3MEDIUMAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
osv6.1MEDIUM
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GHSA
GHSA-pv45-3557-fx76: A cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the WSC plugin through 5
ghsa_unreviewed·2022-05-24
CVE-2020-9440 [MEDIUM] CWE-79 GHSA-pv45-3557-fx76: A cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the WSC plugin through 5
A cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the WSC plugin through 5.5.7.5 for CKEditor 4 allows remote attackers to run arbitrary web script inside an IFRAME element by injecting a crafted HTML element into the editor.
OSV
CVE-2020-9440: A cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the WSC plugin through 5
osv·2020-03-10·CVSS 6.1
CVE-2020-9440 [MEDIUM] CVE-2020-9440: A cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the WSC plugin through 5
A cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the WSC plugin through 5.5.7.5 for CKEditor 4 allows remote attackers to run arbitrary web script inside an IFRAME element by injecting a crafted HTML element into the editor.
No detection rules found.
No public exploits indexed.
No writeups or analysis indexed.
https://ckeditor.com/blog/CKEditor-4.14-with-Paste-from-LibreOffice-released/#security-issues-fixedhttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/7OJ4BSS3VEAEXPNSOOUAXX6RDNECGZNO/https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/L322YA73LCV3TO7ORY45WQDAFJVNKXBE/https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/M4HHYQ6N452XTCIROFMJOTYEUWSB6FR4/https://ckeditor.com/blog/CKEditor-4.14-with-Paste-from-LibreOffice-released/#security-issues-fixedhttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/7OJ4BSS3VEAEXPNSOOUAXX6RDNECGZNO/https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/L322YA73LCV3TO7ORY45WQDAFJVNKXBE/https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/M4HHYQ6N452XTCIROFMJOTYEUWSB6FR4/
2020-03-10
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