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CVE-2018-9861

22
FAUCET Score

CVE-2018-9861 describes a Cross-site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Enhanced Image plugin for CKEditor, affecting versions 4.5.10 through 4.9.1, and consequently Drupal 8 before 8.4.7 and 8.5.x before 8.5.2. This flaw allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script via a specially crafted IMG element. Rated as MEDIUM severity with a CVSS score of 6.1, it requires user interaction (UI:R) and has a low impact on confidentiality and integrity (C:L/I:L). There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
>= 4.5.10, < 4.9.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:ckeditor:enhanced_image:*:*:*:*:*:ckeditor:*:*
>= 8.0.0, < 8.4.7CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:drupal:drupal:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 8.5.0, < 8.5.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:drupal:drupal:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

6.1MEDIUM

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
CHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
LOW
Integrity Impact
LOW
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
2.8
Impact Score
2.7
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.78%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
76.0%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0178 is in the 88th percentile among its peer group of 26,219 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (5)

composerpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: drupal/coreFixed in: 8.4.7
composerpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: drupal/coreFixed in: 8.5.2
composerpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: drupal/drupalFixed in: 8.4.7
composerpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: drupal/drupalFixed in: 8.5.2
npmpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: ckeditor-devFixed in: 4.9.2

Vendor Advisories (1)

composerGHSA-g78h-pf65-46rvmedium

Enhanced Image plugin for CKEditor is vulnerable to Cross-site scripting (XSS)

May 14, 2022

References

github.com / ckeditor/ckeditor-dev/blob/master/CHANGES.md
Release Notes
drupal.org / sa-core-2018-003
Third Party Advisory
oracle.com / technetwork/security-advisory/cpujul2019-5072835.html
securityfocus.com / bid/103924