Drupal core - SA-CORE-2022-005
The Drupal project uses the CKEditor library for WYSIWYG editing. CKEditor has released a security update that impacts Drupal.
Vulnerabilities are possible if Drupal is configured to allow use of the CKEditor library for WYSIWYG editing. An attacker that can create or edit content (even without access to CKEditor themselves) may be able to exploit one or more Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities to target users with access to the WYSIWYG CKEditor, including site admins with privileged access.
For more information, see CKEditor's security advisories:
- CVE-2022-24728: HTML processing vulnerability allowing to execute JavaScript code
- CVE-2022-24729: Regular expression Denial of Service in dialog plugin
This advisory is not covered by Drupal Steward.
Affected software
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| Platform | Package | Vulnerable versions | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| Composer package | drupal/core | >= 8.0.0, < 9.2.15, >= 9.3.0, < 9.3.8 | 9.2.15, 9.3.8 |
| Drupal (core) | drupal/core | >= 8.0.0, < 9.2.15, >= 9.3.0, < 9.3.8 | 9.2.15, 9.3.8 |
| npm package | ckeditor4 | < 4.18.0 | 4.18.0 |
References
- https://github.com/ckeditor/ckeditor4/security/advisories/GHSA-4fc4-4p5g-6w89
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-24728
- https://github.com/ckeditor/ckeditor4/commit/d158413449692d920a778503502dcb22881bc949
- https://ckeditor.com/cke4/release/CKEditor-4.18.0
- https://github.com/ckeditor/ckeditor4
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/VR76VBN5GW5QUBJFHVXRX36UZ6YTCMW6
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/WOZGMCYDB2OKKULFXZKM6V7JJW4ZZHJP
- https://securitylab.github.com/advisories/GHSL-2022-009_ckeditor4
- https://www.drupal.org/sa-core-2022-005
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2022.html
- CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N- Weakness (CWE)
CWE-79- Platform
- Composer, Drupal, npm
- Package
drupal/core, ckeditor4- Disclosed
- 16.03.2022
- Updated
- 11.10.2026 13:17
Sources and licenses
OSV / GitHub Advisory Database - GHSA-4fc4-4p5g-6w89 - CC BY 4.0
OSV / GitHub Advisory Database - DRUPAL-CORE-2022-005 - CC BY-SA 2.0; code GPL-2.0-or-later
Vulnerability history: ckeditor4
All published vulnerabilities of this package (npm package), newest first. Shows whether this is a one-off slip or a package that needs watching.
- Total entries
- 15
- First → latest
- 05.2021 08.2024
- Without a fix
- 0
- Exploited in attacks
- 0
Severity breakdown
- High 4
- Medium 11
Disclosures per year
- 2021: 8
- 2022: 2
- 2023: 0
- 2024: 5
- 2025: 0
- 2026: 0
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