CVE-2021-41165
medium
CVSS v3
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CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
5.5
Description
HTML comments vulnerability allowing to execute JavaScript code
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
30%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
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OS impact
Debian Mixed 2 releases
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| bullseye | Affected | — |
| bookworm | Fixed | 4.19.0+dfsg-1 |
Arch Fixed 1 release
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| — | Fixed | 9.2.9-1 |
Package impact
| Ecosystem | Package | Vulnerable | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| RubyGems | ckeditor | <>= 5.1.2 | >= 5.1.2 |
| npm | ckeditor4 | <4.17.0 | 4.17.0 |
| Packagist | ckeditor/ckeditor | <4.17.0 | 4.17.0 |
References
- https://github.com/ckeditor/ckeditor4/security/advisories/GHSA-7h26-63m7-qhf2
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2021-41165
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-41165
- https://github.com/ckeditor/ckeditor4
- https://github.com/ckeditor/ckeditor4/blob/major/CHANGES.md#ckeditor-417
- https://www.drupal.org/sa-core-2021-011
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2022.html
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujan2022.html
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2022.html
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.