MediumGHSA-v27h-j97p-wqmxCVE-2014-5191

The Preview plugin in CKEditor allows Cross-site scripting (XSS)

Published 17 May 2022 · Updated 19 Feb 2025

Affected package

Affected: <4.4.3
Fixed in: 4.4.3

Update to the fixed version for your release line, for example:composer require ckeditor/ckeditor:^4.4.3

Details

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Preview plugin before 4.4.3 in CKEditor allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via unspecified vectors.

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References

Advisorynvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-5191
Linkgithub.com/ckeditor/ckeditor4/commit/b685874c6bc873a76e6e95916c43840a2b7ab08a
Packagegithub.com/ckeditor/ckeditor4-releases
Linkckeditor.com/node/136981

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