CVE-2020-9440 describes a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the WSC plugin for CKEditor 4, affecting various CKEditor and Fedora Project products. An unauthenticated attacker can exploit this by injecting crafted HTML into the editor, leading to arbitrary web script execution within an IFRAME. This medium-severity vulnerability has a CVSS score of 6.1, indicating a network-based attack with low attack complexity, requiring user interaction, and potentially impacting confidentiality and integrity. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
4.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:ckeditor:ckeditor:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
<= 5.5.7.5CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:webspellchecker:webspellchecker:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
30CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:30:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
31CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:31:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
32CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:32:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
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