Vulnerability advisory

CVE-2024-24816

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in samples with enabled the preview feature

Published Feb 7, 2024Updated Oct 28, 2026OSV record ↗

Severity

CVSS 3.xCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Affected versions

Repository

Affected commits	Fixed by commit
GIT github.com/ckeditor/ckeditor4 ↗
769d96134bcf29f5d3d870e25797ce9b9dc8289e to before d9ccba34d186be696f1322a0fde29660b1840279	`d9ccba34d186be696f1322a0fde29660b1840279`
Not specified	`8ed1a3c93d0ae5f49f4ecff5738ab8a2972194cb`
GIT github.com/ckeditor/ckeditor4-releases ↗
870a561110a23435d78eda377400dca7f64d3bd3 to before 84dd70230eb0f2a3c479a0e63aaa5fa108b3293d	`84dd70230eb0f2a3c479a0e63aaa5fa108b3293d`
Also listed as affected (117) `4.23.0-lts` `4.22.1` `4.22.0` `4.21.0` `4.20.2` `4.20.1` `4.20.0` `4.19.1` `4.19.0` `4.18.0` `4.17.2` `4.17.1` `4.17.0` `4.16.0` `4.15.0` `4.14.0` `4.13.0` `4.12.0` `4.10.0` `4.8.0` `4.7.0` `4.6.0` `4.5.0` `4.5.0-beta` `4.4.1` `4.4.0` `4.2.3` `4.2.2` `4.2.1` `4.2.0` `4.2` `4.1.0` `4.1` `4.1rc` `4.0.1` `4.0.0` `4.0` `standard/4.23.0-lts` `standard/4.22.1` `standard/4.22.0` `standard/4.21.0` `standard/4.20.2` `standard/4.20.1` `standard/4.20.0` `standard/4.19.1` `standard/4.19.0` `standard/4.18.0` `standard/4.17.2` `standard/4.17.1` `standard/4.17.0` `standard/4.16.2` `standard/4.16.1` `standard/4.16.0` `standard/4.15.1` `standard/4.15.0` `standard/4.14.1` `standard/4.14.0` `standard/4.13.1` `standard/4.13.0` `standard/4.12.1` `standard/4.12.0` `standard/4.11.4` `standard/4.11.3` `standard/4.11.2` `standard/4.11.1` `standard/4.11.0` `standard/4.10.1` `standard/4.10.0` `standard/4.9.2` `standard/4.9.1` `standard/4.9.0` `standard/4.8.0` `standard/4.7.3` `standard/4.7.2` `standard/4.7.1` `standard/4.7.0` `standard/4.6.2` `standard/4.6.1` `standard/4.6.0` `standard/4.5.11` `standard/4.5.10` `standard/4.5.9` `standard/4.5.8` `standard/4.5.7` `standard/4.5.6` `standard/4.5.5` `standard/4.5.4` `standard/4.5.3` `standard/4.5.2` `standard/4.5.1` `standard/4.5.0` `standard/4.4.8` `standard/4.4.7` `standard/4.4.6` `standard/4.4.5` `standard/4.4.4` `standard/4.4.3` `standard/4.4.2` `standard/4.4.1` `standard/4.4.0` `standard/4.3.5` `standard/4.3.4` `standard/4.3.3` `4.3.2/standard` `4.3.1/standard` `4.3.0/standard` `4.2.3/standard` `4.2.2/standard` `4.2.1/standard` `4.2/standard` `4.1.3/standard` `4.1.2/standard` `4.1.1/standard` `4.1/standard` `4.1rc/standard` `4.0.1/standard` `4.0/standard`

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.

CVE-2024-24816

Affected versions

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