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Vulnerability details: VCID-yerd-d9uh-cyc6
Vulnerability ID VCID-yerd-d9uh-cyc6
Aliases CVE-2020-27193
GHSA-4m44-5j2g-xf64
Summary Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation in CKEditor4 A cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Color Dialog plugin for CKEditor 4.15.0 allows remote attackers to run arbitrary web script after persuading a user to copy and paste crafted HTML code into one of editor inputs.
Status Published
Exploitability None
Weighted Severity None
Risk None
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Weaknesses (1)
CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')
System Score Found at
epss 0.00908 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2020-27193
cvssv3.1 6.1 https://ckeditor.com/blog/CKEditor-4.15.1-with-a-security-patch-released
generic_textual MODERATE https://ckeditor.com/blog/CKEditor-4.15.1-with-a-security-patch-released
cvssv3.1 6.1 https://ckeditor.com/cke4/release/CKEditor-4.15.1
generic_textual MODERATE https://ckeditor.com/cke4/release/CKEditor-4.15.1
cvssv3.1 6.1 https://ckeditor.com/ckeditor-4/download
generic_textual MODERATE https://ckeditor.com/ckeditor-4/download
cvssv3.1_qr MODERATE https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-4m44-5j2g-xf64
cvssv3.1 6.1 https://github.com/ckeditor/ckeditor4
generic_textual MODERATE https://github.com/ckeditor/ckeditor4
cvssv3.1 6.1 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-27193
generic_textual MODERATE https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-27193
cvssv3.1 6.1 https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuApr2021.html
generic_textual MODERATE https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuApr2021.html
cvssv3.1 6.1 https://www.oracle.com//security-alerts/cpujul2021.html
generic_textual MODERATE https://www.oracle.com//security-alerts/cpujul2021.html
cvssv3.1 6.1 https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2021.html
generic_textual MODERATE https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2021.html
Reference id Reference type URL
https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2020-27193
https://ckeditor.com/blog/CKEditor-4.15.1-with-a-security-patch-released
https://ckeditor.com/blog/CKEditor-4.15.1-with-a-security-patch-released/
https://ckeditor.com/cke4/release/CKEditor-4.15.1
https://ckeditor.com/ckeditor-4/download
https://ckeditor.com/ckeditor-4/download/
https://github.com/ckeditor/ckeditor4
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-27193
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuApr2021.html
https://www.oracle.com//security-alerts/cpujul2021.html
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2021.html
GHSA-4m44-5j2g-xf64 https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-4m44-5j2g-xf64
No exploits are available.
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N Found at https://ckeditor.com/blog/CKEditor-4.15.1-with-a-security-patch-released
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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N Found at https://ckeditor.com/cke4/release/CKEditor-4.15.1
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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N Found at https://ckeditor.com/ckeditor-4/download
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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N Found at https://github.com/ckeditor/ckeditor4
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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-27193
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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N Found at https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuApr2021.html
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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N Found at https://www.oracle.com//security-alerts/cpujul2021.html
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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N Found at https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2021.html
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Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)
Percentile 0.74745
EPSS Score 0.00908
Published At June 30, 2025, 12:55 p.m.
Date Actor Action Source VulnerableCode Version
2025-07-01T12:26:58.302091+00:00 GithubOSV Importer Import https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2022/05/GHSA-4m44-5j2g-xf64/GHSA-4m44-5j2g-xf64.json 36.1.3