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Ubuntu: (Multiple Advisories) (CVE-2021-33829): CKEditor vulnerabilities

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Ubuntu: (Multiple Advisories) (CVE-2021-33829): CKEditor vulnerabilities

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)
Published
06/09/2021
Created
03/25/2022
Added
03/23/2022
Modified
05/01/2023

Description

A cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the HTML Data Processor in CKEditor 4 4.14.0 through 4.16.x before 4.16.1 allows remote attackers to inject executable JavaScript code through a crafted comment because --!> is mishandled.

Solution(s)

  • ubuntu-upgrade-ckeditor

References

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