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Ubuntu: (Multiple Advisories) (CVE-2021-32808): CKEditor vulnerabilities

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Ubuntu: (Multiple Advisories) (CVE-2021-32808): CKEditor vulnerabilities

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N)
Published
08/12/2021
Created
03/25/2022
Added
03/23/2022
Modified
05/01/2023

Description

ckeditor is an open source WYSIWYG HTML editor with rich content support. A vulnerability has been discovered in the clipboard Widget plugin if used alongside the undo feature. The vulnerability allows a user to abuse undo functionality using malformed widget HTML, which could result in executing JavaScript code. It affects all users using the CKEditor 4 plugins listed above at version >= 4.13.0. The problem has been recognized and patched. The fix will be available in version 4.16.2.

Solution(s)

  • ubuntu-upgrade-ckeditor

References

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