CVE-2020-9440

A cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the WSC plugin through 5.5.7.5 for CKEditor 4 allows remote attackers to run arbitrary web script inside an IFRAME element by injecting a crafted HTML element into the editor.

CVSS v3 6.1 MEDIUM
CVSS v2.0 4.3 MEDIUM

6.1^/10

CVSS v3 : MEDIUM

Vector :

Exploitability : 2.8 / Impact : 2.7

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction REQUIRED

Confidentiality Impact LOW

Integrity Impact LOW

Availability Impact NONE

Scope CHANGED

4.3^/10

CVSS v2.0 : MEDIUM

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

Exploitability : 8.6 / Impact : 2.9

Access Vector NETWORK

Access Complexity MEDIUM

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact PARTIAL

Availability Impact NONE

References

Link	Resource
https://ckeditor.com/blog/CKEditor-4.14-with-Paste-from-LibreOffice-released/#security-issues-fixed	Vendor Advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/7OJ4BSS3VEAEXPNSOOUAXX6RDNECGZNO/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/L322YA73LCV3TO7ORY45WQDAFJVNKXBE/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/M4HHYQ6N452XTCIROFMJOTYEUWSB6FR4/

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:ckeditor:ckeditor:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 2 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:webspellchecker:webspellchecker:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 3 (hide)

OR	cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:30:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:31:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:32:::::::*

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2020-03-10 17:15

Updated : 2023-11-07 03:26

NVD link : CVE-2020-9440

Mitre link : CVE-2020-9440

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2020-9440

JSON object : View

Products Affected

webspellchecker

webspellchecker

fedoraproject

fedora

ckeditor

ckeditor

CWE

CWE-79

Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

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