CVE-2021-26272 describes a Regular Expression Denial of Service (ReDoS) vulnerability in CKEditor 4 prior to version 4.16, specifically within its Autolink plugin, which also affects Oracle products utilizing this component. An attacker could trigger this by convincing a user to paste specially crafted URL-like text into the editor and then press Enter or Space. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 6.5 (Medium), indicating a network-based attack requiring user interaction with high availability impact, but no confidentiality or integrity impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
>= 4.0, < 4.16CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:ckeditor:ckeditor:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
9.3.5CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:oracle:agile_plm:9.3.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
9.3.6CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:oracle:agile_plm:9.3.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
< 21.1.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:oracle:application_express:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.7.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:oracle:banking_party_management:2.7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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