@ckeditor/ckeditor5-markdown-gfm 0.0.0-nightly-20230711.0
CKEditor5 cross-site scripting vulnerability caused by the editor instance destroying process
medium severity CVE-2022-31175< 35.0.1
Affected packages
@ckeditor/ckeditor5-markdown-gfm @ckeditor/ckeditor5-html-support @ckeditor/ckeditor5-html-embed
Impact
A cross-site scripting vulnerability has been discovered affecting three optional CKEditor 5's packages. The vulnerability allowed to trigger a JavaScript code after fulfilling special conditions:
a) Using one of the affected packages. In case of ckeditor5-html-support and ckeditor5-html-embed, additionally, it was required to use a configuration that allows unsafe markup inside the editor,
b) Initializing the editor on an element and using an element other than <textarea> as a base,
c) Destroying the editor instance.
The root cause of the issue was a mechanism responsible for updating the source element with the markup coming from the CKEditor 5 data pipeline after destroying the editor.
This vulnerability might affect a small percent of integrators that depend on dynamic editor initialization/destroy and use Markdown, General HTML Support or HTML embed features.
Patches
The problem has been recognized and patched. The fix will be available in version 35.0.1.
For more information
Email us at security@cksource.com if you have any questions or comments about this advisory.
Regular expression Denial of Service in multiple packages
medium severity CVE-2021-21391<= 26.0.0
Impact
A regular expression denial of service (ReDoS) vulnerability has been discovered in multiple CKEditor 5 packages. The vulnerability allowed to abuse particular regular expressions, which could cause a significant performance drop resulting in a browser tab freeze. It affects all users using the CKEditor 5 packages listed above at version <= 26.0.0.
Patches
The problem has been recognized and patched. The fix will be available in version 27.0.0.
For more information
Email us at security@cksource.com if you have any questions or comments about this advisory.
Acknowledgements
The CKEditor 5 team would like to thank Yeting Li for recognizing and reporting these vulnerabilities.
CKEditor 5 Markdown plugin Regular expression Denial of Service
medium severity CVE-2021-21254<= 24.0.0
Impact
A regular expression denial of service (ReDoS) vulnerability has been discovered in the CKEditor 5 Markdown plugin code. The vulnerability allowed to abuse a link recognition regular expression, which could cause a significant performance drop resulting in a browser tab freeze. It affects all users using the CKEditor 5 Markdown plugin at version <= 24.0.0.
Patches
The problem has been recognized and patched. The fix will be available in version 25.0.0.
Workarounds
The user can work around the issue by:
- Upgrading CKEditor 5 to version 25.0.0.
- Disabling the Markdown plugin.
More information
If you have any questions or comments about this advisory:
- Email us at security@cksource.com
Acknowledgements
The CKEditor 5 team would like to thank Erik Krogh Kristensen from the GitHub team for recognizing this vulnerability and Alvaro Muñoz from GitHub for reporting it.
No license issues detected.
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This package version is available.
This package version has not been yanked and is still available for usage.