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    CVE-2021-41164

    CKEditor4 is an open source WYSIWYG HTML editor. In affected versions a vulnerability has been discovered in the Advanced Content Filter (ACF) module and may affect all plugins used by CKEditor 4. The vulnerability allowed to inject malformed HTML bypassing content sanitization, which could result in executing JavaScript code. It affects all users using the CKEditor 4 at version < 4.17.0. The problem has been recognized and patched. The fix will be available in version 4.17.0.

    Published:Nov 17, 2021
    Last Modified:Aug 25, 2026
    EPS:Nov 17, 2021
    EPSS Score:0.01257
    CVSS Score:8.2

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Ckeditor
    Product
    Ckeditor
    Vendor
    Drupal
    Product
    Drupal
    Vendor
    Fedoraproject
    Product
    Fedora
    Vendor
    Oracle
    Product
    Agile Product Lifecycle Management
    Vendor
    Oracle
    Product
    Application Express
    Vendor
    Oracle
    Product
    Banking Apis
    Vendor
    Oracle
    Product
    Banking Digital Experience
    Vendor
    Oracle
    Product
    Commerce Guided Search
    Vendor
    Oracle
    Product
    Peoplesoft Enterprise Peopletools
    Vendor
    Oracle
    Product
    Webcenter Portal

    Exploits

    No exploit reference

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    References

    https://github.com/ckeditor/ckeditor4/blob/major/CHANGES.md#ckeditor-417
    https://github.com/ckeditor/ckeditor4/security/advisories/GHSA-pvmx-g8h5-cprj
    https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/VR76VBN5GW5QUBJFHVXRX36UZ6YTCMW6/
    https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/WOZGMCYDB2OKKULFXZKM6V7JJW4ZZHJP/
    https://www.drupal.org/sa-core-2021-011
    https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2022.html
    https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujan2022.html
    https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2022.html
    https://github.com/ckeditor/ckeditor4/blob/major/CHANGES.md#ckeditor-417
    https://github.com/ckeditor/ckeditor4/security/advisories/GHSA-pvmx-g8h5-cprj
    https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/VR76VBN5GW5QUBJFHVXRX36UZ6YTCMW6/
    https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/WOZGMCYDB2OKKULFXZKM6V7JJW4ZZHJP/
    https://www.drupal.org/sa-core-2021-011
    https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2022.html
    https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujan2022.html
    https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2022.html

    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