| Name | CVE-2024-24816 |
| Description | CKEditor4 is an open source what-you-see-is-what-you-get HTML editor. A cross-site scripting vulnerability vulnerability has been discovered in versions prior to 4.24.0-lts in samples that use the `preview` feature. All integrators that use these samples in the production code can be affected. The vulnerability allows an attacker to execute JavaScript code by abusing the misconfigured preview feature. It affects all users using the CKEditor 4 at version < 4.24.0-lts with affected samples used in a production environment. A fix is available in version 4.24.0-lts. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| Debian Bugs | 1063536, 1063537 |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| ckeditor (PTS) | jessie, jessie (lts) | 4.4.4+dfsg1-3+deb8u2 | vulnerable |
| stretch (security) | 4.5.7+dfsg-2+deb9u1 | vulnerable |
| stretch (lts), stretch | 4.5.7+dfsg-2+deb9u2 | vulnerable |
| buster | 4.11.1+dfsg-1 | vulnerable |
| bullseye | 4.16.0+dfsg-2 | vulnerable |
| bookworm | 4.19.1+dfsg-1 | vulnerable |
| sid, trixie | 4.22.1+dfsg1-2 | vulnerable |
| ckeditor3 (PTS) | stretch | 3.6.6.1+dfsg-1 | vulnerable |
| buster | 3.6.6.1+dfsg-3 | vulnerable |
| sid, bullseye, trixie, bookworm | 3.6.6.1+dfsg-7 | vulnerable |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
Notes
[bookworm] - ckeditor <ignored> (Minor issue, only affects shipped example files)
[bullseye] - ckeditor <no-dsa> (Minor issue)
[buster] - ckeditor <no-dsa> (Minor issue)
[bookworm] - ckeditor3 <no-dsa> (Minor issue)
[bullseye] - ckeditor3 <no-dsa> (Minor issue)
[buster] - ckeditor3 <end-of-life> (No longer supported in LTS)
https://github.com/ckeditor/ckeditor4/security/advisories/GHSA-mw2c-vx6j-mg76
https://github.com/ckeditor/ckeditor4/commit/7518202f0f228ee5549a36ecb7cb880b06ea5add (4.24.0-lts)
The samples are not shipped in ckeditor3