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Vulnerability advisory

GHSA-wpvm-wqr4-p7cw

Inclusion of Functionality from Untrusted Control Sphere in CKEditor 4

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Also known as CVE-2021-26272

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

Affected versions

ckeditor4 npm

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AffectedFixed in
All versions before 4.16.04.16.0Advisories →

Description

It was possible to execute a ReDoS-type attack inside CKEditor 4 before 4.16 by persuading a victim to paste crafted URL-like text into the editor, and then press Enter or Space (in the Autolink plugin).

References

  • Codex
  • Claude Code
  • VS Code
  • GitHub Copilot
  • Cursor
  • Cline
  • Windsurf
  • Google Anti-gravity
  • OpenCode
  • Pi
  • Gemini CLI
  • Hermes Agent
  • Zed
  • Junie
  • Qwen Code
  • Kiro
  • Kilo Code
  • Factory Droid

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