VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE
CVE-2022-24729
CVSS score6.5 MEDIUM
EPSS probability2.49%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2022-03-16
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Description
CKEditor4 is an open source what-you-see-is-what-you-get HTML editor. CKEditor4 prior to version 4.18.0 contains a vulnerability in the `dialog` plugin. The vulnerability allows abuse of a dialog input validator regular expression, which can cause a significant performance drop resulting in a browser tab freeze. A patch is available in version 4.18.0. There are currently no known workarounds.
Weakness classification
- security-advisories@github.com: CWE-400
- nvd@nist.gov: CWE-1333
Primary references
- security-advisories@github.com — Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- security-advisories@github.com — Third Party Advisory
- security-advisories@github.com
- security-advisories@github.com
- security-advisories@github.com — Patch, Third Party Advisory
- security-advisories@github.com — Patch, Third Party Advisory
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 — Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 — Third Party Advisory
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 — Patch, Third Party Advisory
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 — Patch, Third Party Advisory