CVE-2020-9281

Publication date 7 March 2020

Last updated 25 August 2025

Ubuntu priority

Medium

Why this priority?

Cvss 3 Severity Score

6.1 · Medium

Score breakdown

Description

A cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the HTML Data Processor for CKEditor 4.0 before 4.14 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script through a crafted "protected" comment (with the cke_protected syntax).

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
ckeditor 22.04 LTS jammy
Not affected
21.10 impish
Not affected
21.04 hirsute Ignored end of life
20.10 groovy Ignored end of life
20.04 LTS focal
Fixed 4.12.1+dfsg-1ubuntu0.1
19.10 eoan Ignored end of life
18.04 LTS bionic
Fixed 4.5.7+dfsg-2ubuntu0.18.04.1
16.04 LTS xenial
Fixed 4.5.7+dfsg-2ubuntu0.16.04.1~esm1
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release

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Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 6.1 · Medium
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction Required
Scope Changed
Confidentiality Low
Integrity impact Low
Availability impact None
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

    • USN-5340-1
    • CKEditor vulnerabilities
    • 22 March 2022
    • USN-5340-2
    • CKEditor vulnerabilities
    • 23 March 2022

Other references