Clipboard feature vulnerability allowing to inject arbitrary HTML into the editor using paste functionality
### 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
security@cksource.com 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.