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Advisory details: gitlab / npm/ckeditor/CVE-2022-24729
Advisory ID gitlab/npm/ckeditor/CVE-2022-24729
Aliases CVE-2022-24729
GHSA-f6rf-9m92-x2hh
Summary Improper Input Validation CKEditor4 is an open source what-you-see-is-what-you-get HTML editor. CKEditor4 prior to version 4.18.0 contains a vulnerability in the `dialog` plugin. The vulnerability allows abuse of a dialog input validator regular expression, which can cause a significant performance drop resulting in a browser tab freeze. A patch is available in version 4.18.0. There are currently no known workarounds.
Status Published
Exploitability 0.5
Weighted Severity 0.0
Risk
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Introduced and Fixed Package Commit Patches Package Commit Patches Details
Weaknesses (3)
CWE-1333 Inefficient Regular Expression Complexity
CWE-937 OWASP Top Ten 2013 Category A9 - Using Components with Known Vulnerabilities
CWE-1035 OWASP Top Ten 2017 Category A9 - Using Components with Known Vulnerabilities
System Score Found at
cvssv2 https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/advisories-community/-/blob/main/npm/ckeditor/CVE-2022-24729.yml
cvssv3.1 https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/advisories-community/-/blob/main/npm/ckeditor/CVE-2022-24729.yml
Reference id Reference type URL
https://ckeditor.com/cke4/release/CKEditor-4.18.0
https://www.drupal.org/sa-core-2022-005
CVE-2022-24729 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-24729
GHSA-f6rf-9m92-x2hh https://github.com/ckeditor/ckeditor4/security/advisories/GHSA-f6rf-9m92-x2hh
No exploits are available.

No EPSS data available for this advisory.

Patch URL
There are no known patches.
Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P Found at https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/advisories-community/-/blob/main/npm/ckeditor/CVE-2022-24729.yml
Exploitability (E) Access Vector (AV) Access Complexity (AC) Authentication (Au) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

high

functional

unproven

proof_of_concept

not_defined

local

adjacent_network

network

high

medium

low

multiple

single

none

none

partial

complete

none

partial

complete

none

partial

complete
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Found at https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/advisories-community/-/blob/main/npm/ckeditor/CVE-2022-24729.yml
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

network

adjacent_network

local

physical

low

high

none

low

high

none

required

unchanged

changed

high

low

none

high

low

none

high

low

none

There are no SSVC decisions available.