6.1

CVE-2020-27193: ckeditor Cross-site Scripting

CVSS: 6.1v3.1MediumModified
AliasesGHSA-4m44-5j2g-xf64
Published 12-11-2020Last modified 04-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2020-27193 is a medium (CVSS 6.1) Cross-site Scripting vulnerability in ckeditor. EPSS estimates a 2.03% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 80.7% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
25/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
6.1/10
010
Medium · v3.1 (NVD)
EPSS score
2.03%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Timeline

  1. 12-11-2020
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 04-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

A cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Color Dialog plugin for CKEditor 4.15.0 allows remote attackers to run arbitrary web script after persuading a user to copy and paste crafted HTML code into one of editor inputs.

CVSS metrics

3 scores · 2 sources · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

2.03%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

81%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 2.03% on 18-09-2026

18-09-202618-10-2026
EPSS score
2.03%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Oracle8 products
Ckeditor1 product
Npm1 product
  • ckeditor4< 4.15.1

3 vendors · 10 products

References

10 links