MediumGHSA-fq6h-4g8v-qqvmCVE-2024-24815

CKEditor4 Cross-site Scripting vulnerability caused by incorrect CDATA detection

Published 7 Feb 2024 · Updated 10 Sept 2026

Affected packages

ckeditor4npm
Affected
<4.24.0-lts
Fixed in
4.24.0-lts
Update to the fixed version for your release line, for example:npm install ckeditor4@4.24.0-lts
ckeditor/ckeditorComposer
Affected
<4.24.0
Fixed in
4.24.0
Update to the fixed version for your release line, for example:composer require ckeditor/ckeditor:^4.24.0

Details

Affected packages

The vulnerability has been discovered in the core HTML parsing module and may affect all editor instances that:

Impact

A potential vulnerability has been discovered in CKEditor 4 HTML processing core module. The vulnerability allowed to inject malformed HTML content bypassing Advanced Content Filtering mechanism, which could result in executing JavaScript code. An attacker could abuse faulty CDATA content detection and use it to prepare an intentional attack on the editor. It affects all users using the CKEditor 4 at version < 4.24.0-lts.

Patches

The problem has been recognized and patched. The fix will be available in version 4.24.0-lts.

For more information

Email us at [security@cksource.com](mailto:security@cksource.com) if you have any questions or comments about this advisory.

Acknowledgements

The CKEditor 4 team would like to thank Michal Frýba from ALEF NULA for recognizing and reporting this vulnerability.

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References

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