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CVE-2023-28439

Published: 22/03/2023 Updated: 18/01/2024
CVSS v3 Base Score: 6.1 | Impact Score: 2.7 | Exploitability Score: 2.8
VMScore: 0

Vulnerability Summary

CKEditor4 is an open source what-you-see-is-what-you-get HTML editor. A cross-site scripting vulnerability has been discovered affecting Iframe Dialog and Media Embed packages. The vulnerability may trigger a JavaScript code after fulfilling special conditions: using one of the affected packages on a web page with missing proper Content Security Policy configuration; initializing the editor on an element and using an element other than `<textarea>` as a base; and destroying the editor instance. This vulnerability might affect a small percentage of integrators that depend on dynamic editor initialization/destroy mechanism. A fix is available in CKEditor4 version 4.21.0. In some rare cases, a security fix may be considered a breaking change. Starting from version 4.21.0, the Iframe Dialog plugin applies the `sandbox` attribute by default, which restricts JavaScript code execution in the iframe element. To change this behavior, configure the `config.iframe_attributes` option. Also starting from version 4.21.0, the Media Embed plugin regenerates the entire content of the embed widget by default. To change this behavior, configure the `config.embed_keepOriginalContent` option. Those who choose to enable either of the more permissive options or who cannot upgrade to a patched version should properly configure Content Security Policy to avoid any potential security issues that may arise from embedding iframe elements on their web page.

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Vendor Advisories

Debian Bug report logs - #1034481 ckeditor: CVE-2023-28439 Package: src:ckeditor; Maintainer for src:ckeditor is Debian Javascript Maintainers &lt;pkg-javascript-devel@listsaliothdebianorg&gt;; Reported by: Salvatore Bonaccorso &lt;carnil@debianorg&gt; Date: Sun, 16 Apr 2023 14:03:02 UTC Severity: important Tags: security, u ...