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CVE-2022-24729

CKEditor4 is an open source what-you-see-is-what-you-get HTML editor. CKEditor4 prior to version 4.18.0 contains a vulne

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.

MEDIUM · CVSS 6.5 EPSS 0.01115
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  • No active-exploitation, high-EPSS, or public-exploit signals - routine patching cadence
Sigma rules0 YARA rules0
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Weakness Classification

CWE-1333Inefficient Regular Expression Complexity
CWE-400Uncontrolled Resource Consumption
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Affected Products & Versions

12
ckeditor>= 4.0 and < 4.18.0
drupal>= 8.0.0 and < 9.2.15
drupal>= 9.3.0 and < 9.3.8
oracle application express< 22.1.1
oracle commerce merchandisingall versions
oracle financial services analytical applications infrastructure>= 8.0.7.0.0 and <= 8.1.0.0.0
oracle financial services analytical applications infrastructureall versions
oracle financial services behavior detection platform>= 8.1.1.0 and <= 8.1.2.1
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Affected Packages

1
Language-ecosystem packages (from OSV) tied to this CVE, with the version that fixes it - the dependency-level detail NVD doesn’t carry.
npm ckeditor4 MODERATE fixed in 4.18.0
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Scoring & Timeline

6.5
MEDIUM · CVSS v3.1 · security-advisories@github.com
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Attack Vector
Network Adjacent Local Physical
Attack Complexity
Low High
Privileges Required
None Low High
User Interaction
None Required
Scope
Unchanged Changed
Confidentiality
None Low High
Integrity
None Low High
Availability
None Low High
Published to NVD16 Mar 2022 · 05:15 PM
CVSS VectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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Vendor Advisories

1
oracle-cpuoracle-cpu-Oracle-Agile-PLM-4461--CVE-2022-24729
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References & Sources

6
Source URLs (vendor pages, mailing lists, write-ups). Exploit/PoC links are in their own section above to avoid duplication.
https://ckeditor.com/cke4/release/CKEditor-4.18.0Release NotesVendor Advisory
https://github.com/ckeditor/ckeditor4/security/advisories/GHSA-f6rf-9m92-x2hhThird Party Advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/VR76VBN5GW5QUBJFHVXRX36UZ6YTCMW6/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/WOZGMCYDB2OKKULFXZKM6V7JJW4ZZHJP/
https://www.drupal.org/sa-core-2022-005PatchThird Party Advisory
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2022.htmlPatchThird Party Advisory
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