Vulnerability CVE-2021-26272


Published: 2021-01-26

Description:
It was possible to execute a ReDoS-type attack inside CKEditor 4 before 4.16 by persuading a victim to paste crafted URL-like text into the editor, and then press Enter or Space (in the Autolink plugin).

Type:

CWE-829

(Inclusion of Functionality from Untrusted Control Sphere)

CVSS2 => (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
4.3/10
2.9/10
8.6/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Remote
Medium
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
None
None
Partial
Affected software
Ckeditor -> Ckeditor 

 References:
https://github.com/ckeditor/ckeditor4/blob/major/CHANGES.md#ckeditor-416

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