CVSS 3.1
5.4 mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:NCVE-2021-37695
Medium (5.4). EPSS 1.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days. Fixed in ckeditor4 4.16.2.
ckeditor is an open source WYSIWYG HTML editor with rich content support. A potential vulnerability has been discovered in CKEditor 4 [Fake Objects](https://ckeditor.com/cke4/addon/fakeobjects) package. The vulnerability allowed to inject malformed Fake Objects HTML, which could result in executing JavaScript code. It affects all users using the CKEditor 4 plugins listed above at version < 4.16.2. The problem has been recognized and patched. The fix will be available in version 4.16.2.
Severity
- EPSS
- 1.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 70% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
- CWE
- CWE-79
- Published
- Modified
- Record from
- the NVD, synced
Affected
- ckeditor:ckeditor
- debian:debian_linux
- fedoraproject:fedora
- oracle:application_express
- oracle:banking_party_management
- oracle:commerce_guided_search
- oracle:commerce_merchandising
- oracle:documaker
- oracle:financial_services_analytical_applications_infrastructure
- oracle:financial_services_model_management_and_governance
- oracle:jd_edwards_enterpriseone_tools
- oracle:peoplesoft_enterprise_peopletools
Packages (OSV)
| Advisory | Ecosystem | Package | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GHSA-m94c-37g6-cjhc | npm | ckeditor4 | <4.16.2 | 4.16.2 |
References
- https://github.com/ckeditor/ckeditor4/commit/de3c001540715f9c3801aaa38a1917de46cfcf58
- https://github.com/ckeditor/ckeditor4/security/advisories/GHSA-m94c-37g6-cjhc
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/11/msg00007.html
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/NYA354LJP47KCVJMTUO77ZCX3ZK42G3T/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/UVOYN2WKDPLKCNILIGEZM236ABQASLGW/