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    CVE-2020-9440

    A cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the WSC plugin through 5.5.7.5 for CKEditor 4 allows remote attackers to run arbitrary web script inside an IFRAME element by injecting a crafted HTML element into the editor.

    Published:Mar 10, 2020
    Last Modified:Nov 21, 2024
    EPS:Mar 10, 2020
    EPSS Score:0.00485
    CVSS Score:6.1

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Ckeditor
    Product
    Ckeditor
    Vendor
    Fedoraproject
    Product
    Fedora
    Vendor
    Webspellchecker
    Product
    Webspellchecker

    Exploits

    No exploit reference

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    References

    https://ckeditor.com/blog/CKEditor-4.14-with-Paste-from-LibreOffice-released/#security-issues-fixed
    https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/7OJ4BSS3VEAEXPNSOOUAXX6RDNECGZNO/
    https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/L322YA73LCV3TO7ORY45WQDAFJVNKXBE/
    https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/M4HHYQ6N452XTCIROFMJOTYEUWSB6FR4/
    https://ckeditor.com/blog/CKEditor-4.14-with-Paste-from-LibreOffice-released/#security-issues-fixed
    https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/7OJ4BSS3VEAEXPNSOOUAXX6RDNECGZNO/
    https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/L322YA73LCV3TO7ORY45WQDAFJVNKXBE/
    https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/M4HHYQ6N452XTCIROFMJOTYEUWSB6FR4/

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High