CVE-2022-24729

Regular expression Denial of Service in dialog plugin

Published: Mar 16, 2022Updated: Nov 21, 2024 Sources: CVE List NVD BDUCWE-400

6.5MEDIUM

Description

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.

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CVSS Vector Breakdown

Exploitability

AV:NAttack Vector

Network

AC:LAttack Complexity

Low

PR:NPrivileges Required

None

UI:RUser Interaction

Required

Scope

S:UScope

Unchanged

Impact

C:NConfidentiality

None

I:NIntegrity

None

A:HAvailability

High

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Weaknesses

CWE-400 CWE-1333

Affected Products

Oracle Corp.

commercial·USaka oracle

application expressOn-premWeb App

Databases / db-tooling

commerce merchandisingOn-premDatabase

Databases / data-warehouse-analytics

financial services analytical applications infrastructureOn-premDatabase

Databases / data-warehouse-analytics

financial services behavior detection platformOn-premWeb App

Enterprise Software / itsm-monitoring

financial services trade-based anti money launderingOn-prem

Enterprise Software / itsm-monitoring

peoplesoft enterprise peopletoolsOn-premWeb App

Enterprise Software / itsm-monitoring

Database ServerOn-premDatabase

Databases / relational

ckeditor

oss-projectaka ckeditor4, ckeditor5

ckeditor4LibraryLibrary

Web & CMS Plugins

ckeditorLibraryLibrary

Web & CMS Plugins / cms-core

drupal

oss-project·USaka drupal cms, drupal core

drupalOn-premWeb App

Web & CMS Plugins / cms-core

fedoraproject

oss-project·USaka fedora project

fedoraOn-premOS

Operating Systems / linux-distro

The CKEditor Team

oss-projectaka ckeditor

CKEditorLibrary

Web & CMS Plugins / cms-core

Сообщество свободного программного обеспечения

oss-projectaka fsf

DrupalOn-premCMS Plugin

Web & CMS Plugins / cms-core

Exploitability

Official Patch Available

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References

https://ckeditor.com/cke4/release/CKEditor-4.18.0

ckeditor.com

https://github.com/ckeditor/ckeditor4/security/advisories/GHSA-f6rf-9m92-x2hh

github.com

https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2022.html

oracle.com

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