CVE-2021-26272 - CVE House
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Status published Medium CVE-2021-26272

It was possible to execute a ReDoS-type attack inside CKEditor...

Vulnerability Description

It was possible to execute a ReDoS-type attack inside CKEditor 4 before 4.16 by persuading a victim to paste crafted URL-like text into the editor, and then press Enter or Space (in the Autolink plugin).

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

No credits recorded in the NVD database.

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Affected Vendor

Affected Software

ckeditor, agile plm, application express, banking party management, commerce merchandising, financial services analytical applications infrastructure, financial services model management and governance, jd edwards enterpriseone tools, siebel ui framework, webcenter sites
Vulnerable Versions:
4.0, 9.3.5, 9.3.6, 0, 2.7.0, 11.3.0, 11.1.0, 11.2.0, 8.0.6, 8.1.0, 8.1.1, 8.0.8.0.0, 12.2.1.3.0, 12.2.1.4.0

Timeline

Official Publish: January 26th, 2021
Last Modified: August 3rd, 2024
Added to House: July 21st, 2026

CVSS Vectors

V3: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Weaknesses (CWE)

No CWE data available

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.