6.1

CVE-2018-17960: ckeditor Cross-site Scripting

CVSS: 6.1v3.0MediumModified
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2018-17960DEBIAN-CVE-2018-17960GHSA-g68x-vvqq-pvw3
Published 14-11-2018Last modified 05-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2018-17960 is a medium (CVSS 6.1) Cross-site Scripting vulnerability in ckeditor. EPSS estimates a 1.95% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 79.8% of scored vulnerabilities. 1 public exploit is recorded.

Overall risk
35/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
6.1/10
010
Medium · v3.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
1.95%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits1reference

Timeline

  1. 14-11-2018
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 05-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

CKEditor 4.x before 4.11.0 allows user-assisted XSS involving a source-mode paste.

CVSS metrics

5 scores · 4 sources · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

1.95%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

80%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 1.95% on 18-09-2026

18-09-202618-10-2026
EPSS score
1.95%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

1 found
  • referenceUnverified

    Exploit Reference (ckeditor.com)

    Maturity: unknown

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Debian2 products
  • ckeditor< 4.11.1+dfsg-1
  • ckeditor3All versions (No fix recorded)
Typo32 products
  • cms≥ 8.0.0, < 8.7.21 | ≥ 9.0.0, < 9.5.2
  • cms-core≥ 8.0.0, < 8.7.21 | ≥ 9.0.0, < 9.5.2
Ckeditor1 product
Npm1 product
  • ckeditor< 4.11.0
Ubuntu1 product
  • ckeditorAll versions (No fix recorded)

5 vendors · 7 products

References

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