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CVE-2022-31175
August 03, 2022
CKEditor 5 is a JavaScript rich text editor. A cross-site scripting vulnerability has been discovered affecting three optional CKEditor 5's packages in versions prior to 35.0.1. The vulnerability allowed to trigger a JavaScript code after fulfilling special conditions. The affected packages are "@ckeditor/ckeditor5-markdown-gfm", "@ckeditor/ckeditor5-html-support", and "@ckeditor/ckeditor5-html-embed". The specific conditions are 1) Using one of the affected packages. In case of "ckeditor5-html-support" and "ckeditor5-html-embed", additionally, it was required to use a configuration that allows unsafe markup inside the editor. 2) Destroying the editor instance and 3) Initializing the editor on an element and using an element other than "<textarea>" as a base. The root cause of the issue was a mechanism responsible for updating the source element with the markup coming from the CKEditor 5 data pipeline after destroying the editor. This vulnerability might affect a small percent of integrators that depend on dynamic editor initialization/destroy and use Markdown, General HTML Support or HTML embed features. The problem has been recognized and patched. The fix is available in version 35.0.1. There are no known workarounds for this issue.
Affected Packages
@ckeditor/ckeditor5-html-embed (NPM):
Affected version(s) >=0.0.0-internal-20241017.0 <35.0.1
Fix Suggestion:
Update to version 35.0.1
@ckeditor/ckeditor5-markdown-gfm (NPM):
Affected version(s) >=0.0.0-internal-20241017.0 <35.0.1
Fix Suggestion:
Update to version 35.0.1
@ckeditor/ckeditor5-html-support (NPM):
Affected version(s) >=0.0.0-internal-20241017.0 <35.0.1
Fix Suggestion:
Update to version 35.0.1
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CVSS v4
Base Score:
2.3
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
HIGH
Attack Requirements
NONE
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
PASSIVE
Vulnerable System Confidentiality
LOW
Vulnerable System Integrity
LOW
Vulnerable System Availability
LOW
Subsequent System Confidentiality
LOW
Subsequent System Integrity
LOW
Subsequent System Availability
LOW
CVSS v3
Base Score:
5.8
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
HIGH
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
CHANGED
Confidentiality
LOW
Integrity
LOW
Availability
LOW
Weakness Type (CWE)
Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')
EPSS
Base Score:
0.80