CVE-2021-32809

Summary

CVECVE-2021-32809
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2021-08-12 17:15:00 UTC
Updated2023-11-07 03:35:00 UTC
Descriptionckeditor 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.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-79

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Ckeditor Ckeditor All All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 33 All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 34 All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 35 All All All
Application Oracle Application Express All All All All
Application Oracle Banking Party Management 2.7.0 All All All
Application Oracle Commerce Guided Search 11.3.2 All All All
Application Oracle Commerce Merchandising 11.3.2 All All All
Application Oracle Documaker 12.6.3 All All All
Application Oracle Documaker 12.6.4 All All All
Application Oracle Financial Services Analytical Applications Infrastructure All All All All
Application Oracle Jd Edwards Enterpriseone Tools All All All All
Application Oracle Peoplesoft Enterprise Peopletools 8.57 All All All
Application Oracle Peoplesoft Enterprise Peopletools 8.58 All All All
Application Oracle Peoplesoft Enterprise Peopletools 8.59 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
[SECURITY] Fedora 35 Update: ckeditor-4.16.2-1.fc35 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists FEDORA lists.fedoraproject.org
[SECURITY] Fedora 33 Update: ckeditor-4.16.2-1.fc33 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists FEDORA lists.fedoraproject.org
[SECURITY] Fedora 33 Update: ckeditor-4.16.2-1.fc33 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists lists.fedoraproject.org
Oracle Critical Patch Update Advisory - October 2021 MISC www.oracle.com
Oracle Critical Patch Update Advisory - January 2022 MISC www.oracle.com
[SECURITY] Fedora 34 Update: ckeditor-4.16.2-1.fc34 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists lists.fedoraproject.org
[SECURITY] Fedora 34 Update: ckeditor-4.16.2-1.fc34 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists FEDORA lists.fedoraproject.org
[SECURITY] Fedora 35 Update: ckeditor-4.16.2-1.fc35 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists lists.fedoraproject.org
Clipboard feature vulnerability allowing to inject arbitrary HTML into the editor using paste functionality · Advisory · ckeditor/ckeditor4 · GitHub CONFIRM github.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 183758 Debian Security Update for ckeditor (CVE-2021-32809)
  • 198710 Ubuntu Security Notification for CKEditor Vulnerabilities (USN-5340-1)
  • 281934 Fedora Security Update for ckeditor (FEDORA-2021-87578dca12)
  • 281935 Fedora Security Update for ckeditor (FEDORA-2021-72176a63a8)
  • 376257 Oracle PeopleSoft Enterprise PeopleTools Product Multiple Vulnerabilities (CPUJAN2022)
  • 980368 Nodejs (npm) Security Update for ckeditor4 (GHSA-7889-rm5j-hpgg)
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