Medium severity · published Mar 7, 2020
CVE-2020-9281
A cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the HTML Data Processor for CKEditor 4.0 before 4.14 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script through a crafted…
6.1
CVSS
4.3%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
A cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the HTML Data Processor for CKEditor 4.0 before 4.14 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script through a crafted "protected" comment (with the cke_protected syntax).
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
Low
Availability
None
Scope
Changed
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)4.3% · higher than 91% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
DR
Drupal · Drupal
8.7.0 before 8.7.12; 8.8.0 before 8.8.4 · source: NVD
AP
Agile Product Lifecycle Management · Oracle
9.3.5; 9.3.6 · source: NVD
AE
Application Express · Oracle
before 20.2 · source: NVD
BE
Banking Enterprise Default Management · Oracle
2.6.2; 2.7.0; 2.7.1; 2.10.0; 2.12.0 · source: NVD
BE
Banking Enterprise Default Managment · Oracle
2.3.0 through 2.4.0 · source: NVD
CK
Ckeditor · Ckeditor
4.0 before 4.14 · source: NVD
FE
Fedora · Fedoraproject
30; 31; 32 · source: NVD
JE
JD Edwards Enterpriseone Tools · Oracle
before 9.2.5.2 · source: NVD
PE
Peoplesoft Enterprise Peopletools · Oracle
8.56; 8.57; 8.58 · source: NVD
SA
Siebel Apps - Customer Order Management · Oracle
before 21.0 · source: NVD
WP
Webcenter Portal · Oracle
11.1.1.9.0; 12.2.1.3.0; 12.2.1.4.0 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-9281
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-9281
Product
https://github.com/ckeditor/ckeditor4
lists.fedoraproject.org
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/7OJ4BSS3VEAEXPNSOOUAXX6RDNECGZNO/
lists.fedoraproject.org
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/L322YA73LCV3TO7ORY45WQDAFJVNKXBE/
lists.fedoraproject.org
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/M4HHYQ6N452XTCIROFMJOTYEUWSB6FR4/
Patch
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuApr2021.html
Patch
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujan2021.html
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