SB2019022405 - Fedora 29 update for ckeditor

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SB2019022405 - Fedora 29 update for ckeditor

Published: February 24, 2019 Updated: April 24, 2025

Security Bulletin ID SB2019022405
Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 2
Exploitation vector Remote access
Highest impact Data manipulation

Breakdown by Severity

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Description

This security bulletin contains information about 2 secuirty vulnerabilities.


1) Cross-site scripting (CVE-ID: CVE-2018-9861)

The disclosed vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks.

The vulnerability exists due to insufficient sanitization of user-supplied data inside CKEditor when using the image2 plugin. A remote attacker can trick the victim to follow a specially crafted link and execute arbitrary HTML and script code in user's browser in context of vulnerable website.

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may allow a remote attacker to steal potentially sensitive information, change appearance of the web page, perform phishing and drive-by-download attacks.


2) Cross-site scripting (CVE-ID: CVE-2018-17960)

The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to read and manipulate data.

CKEditor 4.x before 4.11.0 allows user-assisted XSS involving a source-mode paste.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.

References