CVE-2021-32809: Code Injection

August 12, 2021 (updated November 7, 2023)

ckeditor is an open source WYSIWYG HTML editor with rich content support. A potential vulnerability has been discovered in CKEditor 4 Clipboard. The vulnerability allowed to abuse paste functionality using malformed HTML, which could result in injecting arbitrary HTML into the editor. It affects all users using the CKEditor 4 plugins listed above at The problem has been recognized and patched.

References

nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-32809

Code Behaviors & Features

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