CVE-2021-32809 (GCVE-0-2021-32809)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2021-08-12 17:10 – Updated: 2024-08-03 23:33
VLAI?
Title
Arbitrary HTML injection vulnerability in ckeditor
Summary
ckeditor is an open source WYSIWYG HTML editor with rich content support. A potential vulnerability has been discovered in CKEditor 4 [Clipboard](https://ckeditor.com/cke4/addon/clipboard) package. The vulnerability allowed to abuse paste functionality using malformed HTML, which could result in injecting arbitrary HTML into the editor. It affects all users using the CKEditor 4 plugins listed above at version >= 4.5.2. The problem has been recognized and patched. The fix will be available in version 4.16.2.
Severity ?
4.6 (Medium)
CWE
- CWE-94 - Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection')
Assigner
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Nomenclature
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