GHSA-7889-rm5j-hpgg
Clipboard feature vulnerability allowing to inject arbitrary HTML into the editor using paste functionality
Packages
Details
As written in the advisory (Markdown source, shown as plain text).
### Affected packages
The vulnerability has been discovered in [clipboard](https://ckeditor.com/cke4/addon/clipboard) plugin. All plugins with [clipboard](https://ckeditor.com/cke4/addon/clipboard) plugin dependency are affected:
* [clipboard](https://ckeditor.com/cke4/addon/clipboard)
* [pastetext](https://ckeditor.com/cke4/addon/pastetext)
* [pastetools](https://ckeditor.com/cke4/addon/pastetools)
* [widget](https://ckeditor.com/cke4/addon/widget)
* [uploadwidget](https://ckeditor.com/cke4/addon/uploadwidget)
* [autolink](https://ckeditor.com/cke4/addon/autolink)
* [tableselection](https://ckeditor.com/cke4/addon/tableselection)
### Impact
A potential vulnerability has been discovered in CKEditor 4 [Clipboard](https://ckeditor.com/cke4/addon/clipboard) package. The vulnerability allowed to abuse paste functionality using malformed HTML, which could result in injecting arbitrary HTML into the editor. It affects all users using the CKEditor 4 plugins listed above at version >= 4.5.2.
### Patches
The problem has been recognized and patched. The fix will be available in version 4.16.2.
### For more information
Email us at [email protected] if you have any questions or comments about this advisory.
### Acknowledgements
The CKEditor 4 team would like to thank Anton Subbotin ([skavans](https://github.com/skavans)) for recognizing and reporting this vulnerability.
References
External links from the advisory. They lead to third-party sites.
- https://github.com/ckeditor/ckeditor4/security/advisories/GHSA-7889-rm5j-hpgg
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-32809
- https://github.com/ckeditor/ckeditor4
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/NYA354LJP47KCVJMTUO77ZCX3ZK42G3T
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/UVOYN2WKDPLKCNILIGEZM236ABQASLGW
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/WAGNWHFIQAVCP537KFFS2A2GDG66J7XD
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujan2022.html
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2021.html