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CVE-2022-48110: ckeditor Cross-site Scripting

CVSS: 6.1v3.1MediumModified
AliasesGHSA-6p89-3p7c-qrhv
Published 13-02-2023Last modified 24-03-2025
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2022-48110 is a medium (CVSS 6.1) Cross-site Scripting vulnerability in ckeditor. EPSS estimates a 2.10% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 81.3% 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 · v3.1 (CVE.org)
EPSS score
2.10%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits1exploit-database

Timeline

  1. 13-02-2023
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 24-03-2025
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

CKSource CKEditor 5 35.4.0 was discovered to contain a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability via the Full Featured CKEditor5 widget. NOTE: the vendor's position is that this is not a vulnerability. The CKEditor 5 documentation discusses that it is the responsibility of an integrator (who is adding CKEditor 5 functionality to a website) to choose the correct security settings for their use case. Also, safe default values are established (e.g., config.htmlEmbed.showPreviews is false).

CVSS metrics

3 scores · 3 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

2.10%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

81%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 2.10% on 19-09-2026

19-09-202619-10-2026
EPSS score
2.10%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

1 found
  • exploit-databasephpUnverified

    CKEditor 5 35.4.0 - Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)

    Maturity: poc

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Ckeditor1 product
Npm1 product
  • ckeditor5< 36.0.0

2 vendors · 2 products

References

4 links