CVSS 3.1
6.1 mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:NCVE-2020-9281
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).
Severity
- EPSS
- 4.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 91% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
- CWE
- CWE-79
- Published
- Modified
- Record from
- the NVD, synced
Affected
- ckeditor:ckeditor
- drupal:drupal
- fedoraproject:fedora
- oracle:agile_product_lifecycle_management
- oracle:application_express
- oracle:banking_enterprise_default_management
- oracle:banking_enterprise_default_managment
- oracle:jd_edwards_enterpriseone_tools
- oracle:peoplesoft_enterprise_peopletools
- oracle:siebel_apps_-_customer_order_management
- oracle:webcenter_portal
Packages (OSV)
| Advisory | Ecosystem | Package | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GHSA-vcjf-mgcg-jxjq | npm | ckeditor4 | <4.14.0 | 4.14.0 |
References
- https://github.com/ckeditor/ckeditor4
- https://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://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuApr2021.html