High severity · published Mar 16, 2022
CVE-2022-24729
CKEditor4 is an open source what-you-see-is-what-you-get HTML editor
7.5
CVSS
2.5%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
CKEditor4 is an open source what-you-see-is-what-you-get HTML editor. CKEditor4 prior to version 4.18.0 contains a vulnerability in the `dialog` plugin. The vulnerability allows abuse of a dialog input validator regular expression, which can cause a significant performance drop resulting in a browser tab freeze. A patch is available in version 4.18.0. There are currently no known workarounds.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)2.5% · higher than 85% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
DR
Drupal · Drupal
8.0.0 before 9.2.15; 9.3.0 before 9.3.8 · source: NVD
AE
Application Express · Oracle
before 22.1.1 · source: NVD
CK
Ckeditor · Ckeditor
4.0 before 4.18.0 · source: NVD
CM
Commerce Merchandising · Oracle
11.3.2 · source: NVD
FE
Fedora · Fedoraproject
36; 36; 37 · source: NVD
FS
Financial Services Analytical Applications Infrastructure · Oracle
8.0.7.0.0 through 8.1.0.0.0; 8.1.1.0; 8.1.2.0; 8.1.2.1 · source: NVD
FS
Financial Services Behavior Detection Platform · Oracle
8.1.1.0 through 8.1.2.1; 8.0.7.0; 8.0.8.0 · source: NVD
FS
Financial Services Trade-based Anti Money Laundering · Oracle
8.0.7; 8.0.8 · source: NVD
PE
Peoplesoft Enterprise Peopletools · Oracle
8.58; 8.59 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-24729
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-24729
Release Notes
https://ckeditor.com/cke4/release/CKEditor-4.18.0
Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/ckeditor/ckeditor4/security/advisories/GHSA-f6rf-9m92-x2hh
lists.fedoraproject.org
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/VR76VBN5GW5QUBJFHVXRX36UZ6YTCMW6/
lists.fedoraproject.org
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/WOZGMCYDB2OKKULFXZKM6V7JJW4ZZHJP/
Patch
https://www.drupal.org/sa-core-2022-005
Patch
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2022.html
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