5.4
MEDIUM
CVE-2021-32809
"CKEditor Clipboard HTML Injection Vulnerability"
Description

ckeditor is an open source WYSIWYG HTML editor with rich content support. 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. The problem has been recognized and patched. The fix will be available in version 4.16.2.

INFO

Published Date :

Aug. 12, 2021, 5:15 p.m.

Last Modified :

Nov. 21, 2024, 6:07 a.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

2.7

Exploitability Score :

2.3
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2021-32809 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Oracle peoplesoft_enterprise_peopletools
2 Oracle commerce_guided_search
3 Oracle jd_edwards_enterpriseone_tools
4 Oracle documaker
5 Oracle financial_services_analytical_applications_infrastructure
6 Oracle application_express
7 Oracle banking_party_management
8 Oracle commerce_merchandising
1 Fedoraproject fedora
1 Ckeditor ckeditor
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2021-32809 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

    Nov. 21, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://github.com/ckeditor/ckeditor4/security/advisories/GHSA-7889-rm5j-hpgg
    Added Reference https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/NYA354LJP47KCVJMTUO77ZCX3ZK42G3T/
    Added Reference https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/UVOYN2WKDPLKCNILIGEZM236ABQASLGW/
    Added Reference https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/WAGNWHFIQAVCP537KFFS2A2GDG66J7XD/
    Added Reference https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujan2022.html
    Added Reference https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2021.html
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Nov. 07, 2023

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference GitHub, Inc. https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/NYA354LJP47KCVJMTUO77ZCX3ZK42G3T/ [No types assigned]
    Added Reference GitHub, Inc. https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/UVOYN2WKDPLKCNILIGEZM236ABQASLGW/ [No types assigned]
    Added Reference GitHub, Inc. https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/WAGNWHFIQAVCP537KFFS2A2GDG66J7XD/ [No types assigned]
    Removed Reference GitHub, Inc. https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/NYA354LJP47KCVJMTUO77ZCX3ZK42G3T/
    Removed Reference GitHub, Inc. https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/UVOYN2WKDPLKCNILIGEZM236ABQASLGW/
    Removed Reference GitHub, Inc. https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/WAGNWHFIQAVCP537KFFS2A2GDG66J7XD/
  • Reanalysis by [email protected]

    Apr. 25, 2022

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Removed CWE NIST CWE-94
    Added CWE NIST CWE-79
  • Modified Analysis by [email protected]

    Feb. 28, 2022

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed Reference Type https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujan2022.html No Types Assigned https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujan2022.html Patch, Third Party Advisory
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:oracle:commerce_guided_search:11.3.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:oracle:commerce_merchandising:11.3.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:oracle:documaker:12.6.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:oracle:documaker:12.6.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:oracle:jd_edwards_enterpriseone_tools:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) 9.2.6.0 OR *cpe:2.3:a:oracle:application_express:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) 21.1.4 *cpe:2.3:a:oracle:banking_party_management:2.7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:oracle:commerce_guided_search:11.3.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:oracle:commerce_merchandising:11.3.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:oracle:documaker:12.6.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:oracle:documaker:12.6.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:oracle:financial_services_analytical_applications_infrastructure:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 8.0.7 up to (including) 8.1.1 *cpe:2.3:a:oracle:jd_edwards_enterpriseone_tools:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) 9.2.6.0 *cpe:2.3:a:oracle:peoplesoft_enterprise_peopletools:8.57:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:oracle:peoplesoft_enterprise_peopletools:8.58:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:oracle:peoplesoft_enterprise_peopletools:8.59:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Feb. 07, 2022

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujan2022.html [No Types Assigned]
  • Modified Analysis by [email protected]

    Dec. 10, 2021

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed Reference Type https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/NYA354LJP47KCVJMTUO77ZCX3ZK42G3T/ No Types Assigned https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/NYA354LJP47KCVJMTUO77ZCX3ZK42G3T/ Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/UVOYN2WKDPLKCNILIGEZM236ABQASLGW/ No Types Assigned https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/UVOYN2WKDPLKCNILIGEZM236ABQASLGW/ Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/WAGNWHFIQAVCP537KFFS2A2GDG66J7XD/ No Types Assigned https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/WAGNWHFIQAVCP537KFFS2A2GDG66J7XD/ Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2021.html No Types Assigned https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2021.html Patch, Third Party Advisory
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:33:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:34:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:35:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:oracle:commerce_guided_search:11.3.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:oracle:commerce_merchandising:11.3.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:oracle:documaker:12.6.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:oracle:documaker:12.6.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:oracle:jd_edwards_enterpriseone_tools:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) 9.2.6.0
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Oct. 20, 2021

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2021.html [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Sep. 29, 2021

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/UVOYN2WKDPLKCNILIGEZM236ABQASLGW/ [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/WAGNWHFIQAVCP537KFFS2A2GDG66J7XD/ [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Sep. 25, 2021

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/NYA354LJP47KCVJMTUO77ZCX3ZK42G3T/ [No Types Assigned]
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Aug. 23, 2021

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V2 Metadata Victim must voluntarily interact with attack mechanism
    Added CVSS V2 NIST (AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N)
    Added CVSS V3.1 NIST AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
    Changed Reference Type https://github.com/ckeditor/ckeditor4/security/advisories/GHSA-7889-rm5j-hpgg No Types Assigned https://github.com/ckeditor/ckeditor4/security/advisories/GHSA-7889-rm5j-hpgg Third Party Advisory
    Added CWE NIST CWE-94
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:ckeditor:ckeditor:*:*:*:*:*:node.js:*:* versions from (including) 4.5.2 up to (excluding) 4.16.2
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

While CVE identifies specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2021-32809 is associated with the following CWEs:

Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

0.16 }} -0.02%

score

0.52891

percentile

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