CVE-2022-48110 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

CKSource CKEditor 5 35.4.0 was discovered to contain a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability via the Full Featured CKEditor5 widget. NOTE: the vendor's position is that this is not a vulnerability. The CKEditor 5 documentation discusses that it is the responsibility of an integrator (who is adding CKEditor 5 functionality to a website) to choose the correct security settings for their use case. Also, safe default values are established (e.g., config.htmlEmbed.showPreviews is false).

Published: 2023-02-13

Score: 6.1 Medium

EPSS: 1.3% Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

n/a

n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:ckeditor:ckeditor:35.4.0:*:*:*:*:node.js:*:*

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Remediation

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
Github GHSA	GHSA-6p89-3p7c-qrhv	Cross-site scripting in CKEditor5

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Changed

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact None

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.01266.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

References

Link	Providers
https://ckeditor.com/docs/ckeditor5/latest/features/html-embed.html
https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/170927/CKSource-CKEditor5-35.4.0-Cross-Site-Scripting.html

History

Mon, 24 Mar 2025 15:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Subscriptions

Ckeditor Ckeditor

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2023-02-13T00:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2025-03-24T12:58:49.454Z

Reserved: 2022-12-29T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2022-48110

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-03T15:02:36.668Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-02-13T20:15:10.820

Modified: 2025-03-24T13:15:24.493

Link: CVE-2022-48110

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-79

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