| Name | CVE-2024-43411 |
| Description | CKEditor4 is an open source what-you-see-is-what-you-get HTML editor. A theoretical vulnerability has been identified in CKEditor 4.22 (and above). In a highly unlikely scenario where an attacker gains control over the https://cke4.ckeditor.com domain, they could potentially execute an attack on CKEditor 4 instances. The issue impacts only editor instances with enabled version notifications. Please note that this feature is disabled by default in all CKEditor 4 LTS versions. Therefore, if you use CKEditor 4 LTS, it is highly unlikely that you are affected by this vulnerability. If you are unsure, please contact us. The fix is available in version 4.25.0-lts. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
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 | fixed | |
| bookworm | 4.19.1+dfsg-1 | fixed | |
| sid, trixie | 4.22.1+dfsg1-2 | vulnerable |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ckeditor | source | bullseye | (not affected) | |||
| ckeditor | source | bookworm | (not affected) | |||
| ckeditor | source | (unstable) | (unfixed) | unimportant |
[bookworm] - ckeditor <not-affected> (Vulnerable code not present)
[bullseye] - ckeditor <not-affected> (Vulnerable code not present)
Introduced after: https://github.com/ckeditor/ckeditor4/commit/b7b2f4748be71eb01c2f99afefaff002f5061a3e (4.22.0)
Fixed by: https://github.com/ckeditor/ckeditor4/commit/a29e4fd5904da5f2d29dc77da9baac76a14ca266 (4.25.0-lts)
Fixed by: https://github.com/ckeditor/ckeditor4/commit/a757c3da466ca01e76505af4b446b3dcde0ae9f5 (4.25.0-lts)
Fixed by: https://github.com/ckeditor/ckeditor4/commit/e35bbadc15e2ae76e39b3fc963b851ecc0da4b28 (4.25.0-lts)
Negligible security impact; feature disabled by default.