CVE-2024-43411 LOW

CVE-2024-43411: CKEditor4 has a low risk cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability from domain takeover

Vendor Ckeditor
Product ckeditor4
Weakness CWE-79 · XSS
Published August 21, 2024
Last update August 22, 2024

CVSS base score

3.1/10
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity High
Privileges required High
User interaction Required
Confidentiality Low
Integrity Low

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N

What the vulnerability does

01Description

CKEditor4 is an open source what-you-see-is-what-you-get HTML editor. A theoretical vulnerability has been identified in CKEditor 4.22 (and above). In a highly unlikely scenario where an attacker gains control over the https://cke4.ckeditor.com domain, they could potentially execute an attack on CKEditor 4 instances. The issue impacts only editor instances with enabled version notifications. Please note that this feature is disabled by default in all CKEditor 4 LTS versions. Therefore, if you use CKEditor 4 LTS, it is highly unlikely that you are affected by this vulnerability. If you are unsure, please contact us. The fix is available in version 4.25.0-lts.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

August 21, 2024 CVE published
August 22, 2024 Record updated