CVE-2014-5191: The Preview plugin in CKEditor allows Cross-site scripting (XSS)

medium Affects ckeditor/ckeditor. Feed 2026.10.29.1, updated 2026-10-28; published 2022-05-17; advisory modified 2025-02-19.

The Preview plugin in CKEditor allows Cross-site scripting (XSS)

Package: ckeditor/ckeditor Composer
Affected versions: <4.4.3
Fixed in: 4.4.3
Severity: medium
Exploitation: not on CISA KEV · EPSS 2% (78.8th percentile)
Published: 2022-05-17
Source: osv.dev

References

CWE-79

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