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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
NVD MITRE
EPSS Score
2.5%
Top 16.9%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
Patch Available
Self-Check
OpenVAS

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

AV:NAC:LPR:NUI:RS:UC:NI:NA:H
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-400CWE-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 ckeditor5, ckeditor4
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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