CVE-2022-24728 json
Cross-site Scripting in CKEditor4
published 2022-03-16 4 y ago modified 2026-09-19 50 d ago also BIT-drupal-2022-24728 , BIT-drupal-2022-24729 , CVE-2022-24729 , DRUPAL-CORE-2022-005 , EUVD-2022-1305 , GHSA-4fc4-4p5g-6w89 , GHSA-f6rf-9m92-x2hh
- cvss
- 5.4
- version 3.1, CNA
- cisa kev
- Not listed
- not in CISA's catalog
- epss
- 1.2%
- EPSS 1.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 68%
- public exploits
- 0
- none known
Summary
CKEditor4 is an open source what-you-see-is-what-you-get HTML editor. A vulnerability has been discovered in the core HTML processing module and may affect all plugins used by CKEditor 4 prior to version 4.18.0. The vulnerability allows someone to inject malformed HTML bypassing content sanitization, which could result in executing JavaScript code. This problem has been patched in version 4.18.0. There are currently no known workarounds.
Patch / fix
- npm ckeditor4 4.18.0
- bitnami drupal 9.2.15, 9.3.8
- packagist drupal/core 9.2.15, 9.3.8
- ckeditor ckeditor 4.18.0
- drupal drupal 9.2.15, 9.3.8
- oracle application_express 22.1.1
- ckeditor Debian 12 4.19.0+dfsg-1
debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2022-24728
- github.com/ckeditor/ckeditor4@d158413 commit
- oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2022.html advisory
- drupal.org/sa-core-2022-005 advisory
Vendor advisories
What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.
red hat product security vex CVE-2022-24728 updated cvss 5.4
ckeditor: Cross Site Scripting in WYSIWYG
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Red Hat All currently supported Red Hat productsnot affected: vulnerable code not present
Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf
CISA SSVC
- Exploitation
- none
- Automatable
- no
- Technical impact
- partial
- Assessed
- 18 mo ago
Exploit prediction
1.20% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 68% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).
CVSS scores
| assigned by | version | score | vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| CNA | 3.1 | 5.4 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N |
| GitHub | 3.1 | 5.4 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N |
| NVD | 3.1 | 5.4 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N |
| NVD | 2.0 | 3.5 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N |
| OSV | 3.1 | 5.4 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N |
| OSV | 3.1 | 7.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
Affected packages
| ecosystem | package | affected | fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| npm | ckeditor4 | <4.18.0 |
4.18.0 |
| bitnami | drupal | >=8.0.0, <9.2.15 >=9.3.0, <9.3.8 |
9.2.15 9.3.8 |
| packagist | drupal/core | >=8.0.0, <9.2.15 >=9.3.0, <9.3.8 |
9.2.15 9.3.8 |
Affected products
- ckeditor ckeditor4
Classification
- Weakness
-
- CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation
References
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github.com
/ckeditor/ckeditor4/commit/d158413449692d920a778503502dcb22881bc949
web, patch, third-party-advisory, advisory
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oracle.com
/security-alerts/cpujul2022.html
web, patch, third-party-advisory, advisory
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drupal.org
/sa-core-2022-005
web, patch, third-party-advisory, advisory
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lists.fedoraproject.org
/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/WOZGMCYDB2OKKULFXZKM6V7JJW4ZZHJP/
vendor-advisory, web
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lists.fedoraproject.org
/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/VR76VBN5GW5QUBJFHVXRX36UZ6YTCMW6/
vendor-advisory, web
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ckeditor.com
/cke4/release/CKEditor-4.18.0
web, release-notes, vendor-advisory, advisory
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github.com
/ckeditor/ckeditor4/security/advisories/GHSA-4fc4-4p5g-6w89
web, third-party-advisory, advisory
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nvd.nist.gov
/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-24728
advisory, web
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github.com
/ckeditor/ckeditor4
package
-
lists.fedoraproject.org
/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/VR76VBN5GW5QUBJFHVXRX36UZ6YTCMW6
web
-
lists.fedoraproject.org
/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/WOZGMCYDB2OKKULFXZKM6V7JJW4ZZHJP
web
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securitylab.github.com
/advisories/GHSL-2022-009_ckeditor4
advisory
-
github.com
/ckeditor/ckeditor4/security/advisories/GHSA-f6rf-9m92-x2hh
advisory
-
nvd.nist.gov
/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-24729
web
Sources
- CVE List CVE-2022-24728
- GitHub Advisory GHSA-4fc4-4p5g-6w89
- NVD CVE-2022-24728
- OSV BIT-drupal-2022-24728
- OSV BIT-drupal-2022-24729
- OSV DRUPAL-CORE-2022-005
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