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SCA: security update for ckeditor4 (GHSA-pvmx-g8h5-cprj)

medium Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 417721

Description

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

 - CKEditor4 is an open source WYSIWYG HTML editor. In affected versions a vulnerability has been discovered
 in the Advanced Content Filter (ACF) module and may affect all plugins used by CKEditor 4. The
 vulnerability allowed to inject malformed HTML bypassing content sanitization, which could result in
 executing JavaScript code. It affects all users using the CKEditor 4 at version < 4.17.0. The problem has
 been recognized and patched. The fix will be available in version 4.17.0. (CVE-2021-41164)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-pvmx-g8h5-cprj

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 417721

Version: Revision 1.5

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 1/23/2025

Updated: 7/2/2026

Supported Sensors: Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 2.3

Percentile: 8.67

Vendor

Vendor Severity: High

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 3.5

Temporal Score: 2.6

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-41164

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.4

Temporal Score: 4.7

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

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 11/17/2021

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/17/2021

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-41164

cwe: CWE-79