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01 Record

CVE-2021-37695

Execution of JavaScript code using malformed HTML in ckeditor

HighPUBLISHEDCNA: GitHub_M
CNA base score7.3 CVSS v3.xCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

02 Description

Execution of JavaScript code using malformed HTML in ckeditor

03 Exploitation and scoring

Exploitation
Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
SSVC decision
Not assessed by CISA
EPSS probability
1.31% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
EPSS percentile
Equal to or higher than the score of 70.2% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
NVD base score
5.4 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
NVD CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
NVD analysis status
Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
Red Hat severity
No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.

Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.

04 Metadata

Published
2021-08-12 23:10Z5 YR AGO
Last updated
2024-08-04 01:23Z2 YR AGO
Reserved
2021-07-29
Assigning CNA
GitHub_M
Record state
PUBLISHED
Severity
High (CVSS 7.3)
CNA CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
Weaknesses
  • CWE-79Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')Base
Data version
5.1
Document digest
5b9c730946d215b52521b5953b6b62eb9a0ea82ee46326a3afc0a20512f8461d

05 Affected products

VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
ckeditorckeditor4< 4.16.2—

06 References

07 Fixed in

Debian 12

  • ckeditor
    Fixed in 4.16.2+dfsg-1

Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS

  • ldap-account-manager
    No fix yet
  • request-tracker4
    No fix yet

Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.

Ubuntu 18.04 LTS

  • ckeditor
    Fixed in 4.5.7+dfsg-2ubuntu0.18.04.1
  • ckeditor3
    No fix yet
  • ldap-account-manager
    No fix yet

Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.

Ubuntu 20.04 LTS

  • ckeditor
    Fixed in 4.12.1+dfsg-1ubuntu0.1
  • ckeditor3
    No fix yet
  • ldap-account-manager
    No fix yet
  • request-tracker4
    No fix yet

Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.

Ubuntu 22.04 LTS

  • ckeditor3
    No fix yet
  • ldap-account-manager
    No fix yet
  • request-tracker4
    No fix yet

Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.

Ubuntu 24.04 LTS

  • ckeditor3
    No fix yet
  • ldap-account-manager
    No fix yet
  • request-tracker4
    No fix yet

Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.

Ubuntu 25.10

  • ldap-account-manager
    No fix yet
  • request-tracker4
    No fix yet

Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.

Ubuntu 26.04 LTS

  • ldap-account-manager
    No fix yet
  • request-tracker4
    No fix yet

Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.

Ubuntu Pro 16.04 LTS

  • ckeditor
    Fixed in 4.5.7+dfsg-2ubuntu0.16.04.1~esm1
    Available with Ubuntu Pro: https://ubuntu.com/pro

Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.

Ubuntu Pro 18.04 LTS

  • request-tracker4
    No fix yet

Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.

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