CVE-2020-9281

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Summary

CVECVE-2020-9281
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2020-03-07 01:15:15 UTC
Updated2026-08-25 16:28:27 UTC
DescriptionA 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).

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v3.1 6.1 MEDIUM from [email protected]

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Problem Types: CWE-79 | n/a

VersionSourceTypeScoreSeverityVector
3.1[email protected]Primary6.1MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
2.0[email protected]Primary4.3AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

CVSS v3.1 Breakdown

Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
Required
Scope
Changed
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
Low
Availability
None

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Medium
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
Partial
Availability
None

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Ckeditor Ckeditor All All All All
Application Drupal Drupal All All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 30 All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 31 All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 32 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Oracle Critical Patch Update Advisory - October 2021 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.oracle.com Not Applicable, Third Party Advisory
Oracle Critical Patch Update Advisory - January 2021 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.oracle.com Patch, Third Party Advisory
[SECURITY] Fedora 31 Update: ckeditor-4.14.0-1.fc31 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.fedoraproject.org
Oracle Critical Patch Update Advisory - January 2022 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.oracle.com Patch, Vendor Advisory
[SECURITY] Fedora 30 Update: ckeditor-4.14.0-1.fc30 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.fedoraproject.org
Oracle Critical Patch Update Advisory - April 2021 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.oracle.com Patch, Third Party Advisory
Oracle Critical Patch Update Advisory - October 2020 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.oracle.com Patch, Third Party Advisory
GitHub - ckeditor/ckeditor4: The best enterprise-grade WYSIWYG editor. Fully customizable with countless features and plugins. af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 github.com Product, Third Party Advisory
[SECURITY] Fedora 32 Update: ckeditor-4.14.0-1.fc32 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.fedoraproject.org
[SECURITY] Fedora 30 Update: ckeditor-4.14.0-1.fc30 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists MITRE lists.fedoraproject.org
[SECURITY] Fedora 32 Update: ckeditor-4.14.0-1.fc32 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists MITRE lists.fedoraproject.org
[SECURITY] Fedora 31 Update: ckeditor-4.14.0-1.fc31 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists MITRE lists.fedoraproject.org
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Legacy QID Mappings

  • 198710 Ubuntu Security Notification for CKEditor Vulnerabilities (USN-5340-1)
  • 374875 Oracle PeopleSoft Enterprise PeopleTools Multiple vulnerabilitites (CPUJAN2021)
  • 980303 Nodejs (npm) Security Update for ckeditor4 (GHSA-vcjf-mgcg-jxjq)

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