CVE-2024-24815: CKEditor4 Cross-site Scripting vulnerability caused by incorrect CDATA detection

medium Affects ckeditor/ckeditor. Feed 2026.10.29.4, updated 2026-10-29; published 2024-02-07; advisory modified 2026-09-10.

CKEditor4 Cross-site Scripting vulnerability caused by incorrect CDATA detection

Package: ckeditor/ckeditor Composer
Affected versions: <4.24.0
Fixed in: 4.24.0
Severity: medium CVSS 6.1
Exploitation: not on CISA KEV · EPSS 1% (53.3th percentile)
Published: 2024-02-07
Source: osv.dev

References

CWE-79

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