6.1

CVE-2024-24816: ckeditor Cross-site Scripting

CVSS: 6.1v3.1MediumModified
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2024-24816DEBIAN-CVE-2024-24816GHSA-mw2c-vx6j-mg76
Published 07-02-2024Last modified 01-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2024-24816 is a medium (CVSS 6.1) Cross-site Scripting vulnerability in ckeditor. EPSS estimates a 1.65% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 76.1% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
25/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
6.1/10
010
Medium · v3.1 (CVE.org)
EPSS score
1.65%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 1
USN-7258-1

Timeline

  1. 07-02-2024
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 01-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

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.

CVSS metrics

5 scores · 5 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

1.65%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

76%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 1.65% on 19-09-2026

19-09-202619-10-2026
EPSS score
1.65%

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

Ubuntu4 products
  • ckeditorAll versions (No fix recorded)
  • ckeditor3All versions (No fix recorded)
  • ldap-account-managerAll versions (No fix recorded)
  • request-tracker4All versions (No fix recorded)
Ckeditor2 products
Debian2 products
  • ckeditorAll versions (No fix recorded)
  • ckeditor3All versions (No fix recorded)
Npm1 product
  • ckeditor4< 4.24.0-lts

4 vendors · 9 products

References

9 links