NVD

CVE-2021-41165 Detail

Description

CKEditor4 is an open source WYSIWYG HTML editor. In affected version a vulnerability has been discovered in the core HTML processing module and may affect all plugins used by CKEditor 4. The vulnerability allowed to inject malformed comments HTML bypassing content sanitization, which could result in executing JavaScript code. It affects all users using the CKEditor 4 at version < 4.17.0. The problem has been recognized and patched. The fix will be available in version 4.17.0.

Metrics

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CVSS 4.0 Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST: NVD

N/A

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CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST: NVD

Base Score: 5.4 MEDIUM

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Nist CVSS score does not match with CNA score

CNA: GitHub, Inc.

Base Score: 8.2 HIGH

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:L/A:L

CVSS 2.0 Severity and Vector Strings:

National Institute of Standards and Technology

NIST: NVD

Base Score: 3.5 LOW

Vector: (AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N)

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Hyperlink	Resource
https://github.com/ckeditor/ckeditor4/blob/major/CHANGES.md#ckeditor-417	Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/ckeditor/ckeditor4/security/advisories/GHSA-7h26-63m7-qhf2	Third Party Advisory
https://www.drupal.org/sa-core-2021-011	Third Party Advisory
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2022.html	Patch Third Party Advisory
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujan2022.html	Patch Third Party Advisory
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2022.html	Not Applicable

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID	CWE Name	Source
CWE-79	Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')	NIST GitHub, Inc.

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Change History

8 change records found show changes

Modified Analysis by NIST 10/05/2022 8:47:49 AM

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CPE Configuration

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OR
     *cpe:2.3:a:oracle:banking_apis:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 18.1 up to (including) 18.3
     *cpe:2.3:a:oracle:banking_apis:19.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
     *cpe:2.3:a:oracle:banking_apis:19.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
     *cpe:2.3:a:oracle:banking_apis:20.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
     *cpe:2.3:a:oracle:banking_apis:21.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
     *cpe:2.3:a:oracle:banking_digital_experience:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 18.1 up to (including) 18.3
     *cpe:2.3:a:oracle:banking_digital_experience:1

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OR
     *cpe:2.3:a:oracle:agile_product_lifecycle_management:9.3.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
     *cpe:2.3:a:oracle:application_express:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) 22.1
     *cpe:2.3:a:oracle:banking_apis:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 18.1 up to (including) 18.3
     *cpe:2.3:a:oracle:banking_apis:19.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
     *cpe:2.3:a:oracle:banking_apis:19.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
     *cpe:2.3:a:oracle:banking_apis:20.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
     *cpe:2.3:a:oracle:banking_apis:21.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Changed

Reference Type

https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2022.html No Types Assigned

https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2022.html Patch, Third Party Advisory

Changed

Reference Type

https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2022.html No Types Assigned

https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2022.html Not Applicable

Initial Analysis by NIST 11/23/2021 10:35:10 AM

Action	Type	Old Value	New Value
Added	CPE Configuration		OR cpe:2.3:a:ckeditor:ckeditor::::::::* versions up to (excluding) 4.17.0
Added	CPE Configuration		OR cpe:2.3:a:drupal:drupal::::::::* versions from (including) 8.9.0 up to (excluding) 8.9.20 cpe:2.3:a:drupal:drupal::::::::* versions from (including) 9.1.0 up to (excluding) 9.1.14 cpe:2.3:a:drupal:drupal::::::::* versions from (including) 9.2.0 up to (excluding) 9.2.9
Added	CVSS V2		NIST (AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N)
Added	CVSS V2 Metadata		Victim must voluntarily interact with attack mechanism
Added	CVSS V3.1		NIST AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Added	CWE		NIST CWE-79
Changed	Reference Type	https://github.com/ckeditor/ckeditor4/blob/major/CHANGES.md#ckeditor-417 No Types Assigned	https://github.com/ckeditor/ckeditor4/blob/major/CHANGES.md#ckeditor-417 Third Party Advisory
Changed	Reference Type	https://github.com/ckeditor/ckeditor4/security/advisories/GHSA-7h26-63m7-qhf2 No Types Assigned	https://github.com/ckeditor/ckeditor4/security/advisories/GHSA-7h26-63m7-qhf2 Third Party Advisory
Changed	Reference Type	https://www.drupal.org/sa-core-2021-011 No Types Assigned	https://www.drupal.org/sa-core-2021-011 Third Party Advisory

Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2021-41165
NVD Published Date:
11/17/2021
NVD Last Modified:
10/05/2022
Source:
GitHub, Inc.

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CVE-2021-41165 Detail

Description

Metrics

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Weakness Enumeration

Known Affected Software Configurations Switch to CPE 2.2

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Change History

CVE Modified by GitHub, Inc. 5/14/2024 5:28:15 AM

Modified Analysis by NIST 10/05/2022 8:47:49 AM

CVE Modified by GitHub, Inc. 7/25/2022 2:16:37 PM

CVE Modified by GitHub, Inc. 4/19/2022 8:16:22 PM

Modified Analysis by NIST 3/31/2022 12:29:53 PM

CVE Modified by GitHub, Inc. 2/07/2022 11:16:28 AM

Initial Analysis by NIST 11/23/2021 10:35:10 AM

CVE Modified by GitHub, Inc. 11/17/2021 8:15:10 PM

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