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CKEditor Preview Plugin Unspecified XSS

medium Nessus Plugin ID 76943

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Synopsis

The remote web server hosts a PHP script that is affected by a cross-site scripting vulnerability.

Description

The version of CKEditor installed on the remote host is affected by a cross-site scripting vulnerability.

The included 'Preview' plugin fails to properly sanitize user-supplied input. A remote, unauthenticated attacker can leverage this issue to inject arbitrary HTML and script code into a user's browser to be executed within the security context of the affected site.

Solution

Upgrade to version 4.4.3 or later.

See Also

https://ckeditor.com/blog/CKEditor-4.4.3-Released/

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 76943

File Name: ckeditor_preview_plugin_xss.nasl

Version: 1.12

Type: remote

Published: 7/31/2014

Updated: 4/11/2022

Configuration: Enable thorough checks

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.0

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.7

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:ckeditor:ckeditor

Required KB Items: www/PHP

Excluded KB Items: Settings/disable_cgi_scanning

Exploit Ease: No exploit is required

Exploited by Nessus: true

Patch Publication Date: 7/15/2014

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/15/2014

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2014-5191

BID: 69161

CWE: 20, 442, 629, 711, 712, 722, 725, 74, 750, 751, 79, 800, 801, 809, 811, 864, 900, 928, 931, 990