3.1

CVE-2024-43411: ckeditor ckeditor4 Cross-site Scripting

CVSS: 3.1v3.1LowDeferred
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2024-43411GHSA-6v96-m24v-f58j
Published 21-08-2024Last modified 22-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2024-43411 is a low (CVSS 3.1) Cross-site Scripting vulnerability in ckeditor ckeditor4. EPSS estimates a 0.43% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 35.5% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
12/100
0100
Low · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
3.1/10
010
Low · v3.1 (CVE.org)
EPSS score
0.43%
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. 21-08-2024
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 22-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

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.

CVSS metrics

5 scores · 4 sources · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

0.43%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

36%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 0.42% on 18-09-2026

18-09-202618-10-2026
EPSS score
0.43%

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)
Ckeditor1 product
Npm1 product
  • ckeditor4≥ 4.22.0, < 4.25.0

3 vendors · 6 products

References

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