CVE-2021-21391

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Description

CKEditor 5 provides a WYSIWYG editing solution. This CVE affects the following npm packages: ckeditor5-engine, ckeditor5-font, ckeditor5-image, ckeditor5-list, ckeditor5-markdown-gfm, ckeditor5-media-embed, ckeditor5-paste-from-office, and ckeditor5-widget. Following an internal audit, 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. The problem has been recognized and patched. The fix will be available in version 27.0.0.

References

https://www.npmjs.com/package/%40ckeditor/ckeditor5-widget

https://www.npmjs.com/package/%40ckeditor/ckeditor5-paste-from-office

https://www.npmjs.com/package/%40ckeditor/ckeditor5-media-embed

https://www.npmjs.com/package/%40ckeditor/ckeditor5-markdown-gfm

https://www.npmjs.com/package/%40ckeditor/ckeditor5-list

https://www.npmjs.com/package/%40ckeditor/ckeditor5-image

https://www.npmjs.com/package/%40ckeditor/ckeditor5-font

https://www.npmjs.com/package/%40ckeditor/ckeditor5-engine

https://github.com/ckeditor/ckeditor5/security/advisories/GHSA-3rh3-wfr4-76mj

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2021-04-29

Updated: 2024-11-21

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 4.3

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 6.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Severity: Medium

EPSS

EPSS: 0.01354