CVE-2022-24729
Regular expression Denial of Service in dialog plugin
MEDIUM 6.5
At a glance
- Source
- NVD
- EPSS
- EPSS 2.49 % · percentile 85 ()
- State
- PUBLISHED
- Published
- Updated
- Assigner
- GitHub_M
- NVD status
- Modified
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.
Weaknesses (CWE)
- CWE-400 — Uncontrolled Resource Consumption (DoS)
- CWE-1333 — Inefficient Regular Expression Complexity (ReDoS)
References
- https://ckeditor.com/cke4/release/CKEditor-4.18.0
- https://github.com/ckeditor/ckeditor4/security/advisories/GHSA-f6rf-9m92-x2hh
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2022.html
- https://www.drupal.org/sa-core-2022-005
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/WOZGMCYDB2OKKULFXZKM6V7JJW4ZZHJP/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/VR76VBN5GW5QUBJFHVXRX36UZ6YTCMW6/
Scores
| Version | Score | Vector | Scored by |
|---|---|---|---|
| CVSS 3.1 | MEDIUM 6.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H | GitHub_M |
| CVSS 3.1 | MEDIUM 6.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H | NVD · security-advisories@github.com (Secondary) |
| CVSS 3.1 | HIGH 7.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H | NVD · nvd@nist.gov (Primary) |
| CVSS 2.0 | MEDIUM 5.0 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P | NVD · nvd@nist.gov (Primary) |
Advisories
- DRUPAL-CORE-2022-005 — The Drupal project uses the [CKEditor](https://github.com/ckeditor/ckeditor4) library for WYSIWYG editing. CKEditor has released [a security update that impacts
- GHSA-4fc4-4p5g-6w89 — Cross-site Scripting in CKEditor4
European references
- ENISA EUVD · EUVD-2022-29580
- GCVE · GCVE-0-2022-24729
CERT-FR advisories
- CERTFR-2026-AVI-0810 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans les produits IBM · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
- CERTFR-2024-AVI-0992 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans les produits IBM · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
- CERTFR-2023-AVI-0362 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans les produits IBM · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
- CERTFR-2022-AVI-658 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans Oracle PeopleSoft · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
- CERTFR-2022-AVI-654 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans Oracle Database Server · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
- CERTFR-2022-AVI-252 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans Drupal · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
Affected configurations (NVD CPE)
cpe:2.3:a:ckeditor:ckeditor:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*≥ 4.0 < 4.18.0cpe:2.3:a:drupal:drupal:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*≥ 8.0.0 < 9.2.15cpe:2.3:a:drupal:drupal:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*≥ 9.3.0 < 9.3.8cpe:2.3:a:oracle:application_express:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*< 22.1.1cpe:2.3:a:oracle:commerce_merchandising:11.3.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:a:oracle:financial_services_analytical_applications_infrastructure:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*≥ 8.0.7.0.0 ≤ 8.1.0.0.0cpe:2.3:a:oracle:financial_services_analytical_applications_infrastructure:8.1.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:a:oracle:financial_services_analytical_applications_infrastructure:8.1.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:a:oracle:financial_services_analytical_applications_infrastructure:8.1.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:a:oracle:financial_services_behavior_detection_platform:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*≥ 8.1.1.0 ≤ 8.1.2.1cpe:2.3:a:oracle:financial_services_behavior_detection_platform:8.0.7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:a:oracle:financial_services_behavior_detection_platform:8.0.8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:a:oracle:financial_services_trade-based_anti_money_laundering:8.0.7:*:*:*:enterprise:*:*:*cpe:2.3:a:oracle:financial_services_trade-based_anti_money_laundering:8.0.8:*:*:*:enterprise:*:*:*cpe:2.3:a:oracle:peoplesoft_enterprise_peopletools:8.58:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:a:oracle:peoplesoft_enterprise_peopletools:8.59:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:36:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:36:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:37:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Affected products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
| ckeditor · ckeditor4 | affected < 4.18.0 |
Sources
| Source | Licence |
|---|---|
| CVE List (CVEProject cvelistV5) | CVE Program Terms of Use |
| EPSS (FIRST.org) | FIRST — attribution requested |
| ENISA EUVD | ENISA — reproduction authorised, source acknowledged |
| CERT-FR (ANSSI) | Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0 |
| NVD (NIST) via fkie-cad/nvd-json-data-feeds | Public domain — this product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD |