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TI-2022-23810 Aliases CVE-2022-48110

CKSource CKEditor 5 35.4.0 was discovered to contain a cross-site scripting (XSS)…

Priority LOW 31CWE-79Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
Required
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
Cross-site scripting
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
Low · Low · None
Fix status
No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CISA ADP. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-79.

Summary

CKSource CKEditor 5 35.4.0 was discovered to contain a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability via the Full Featured CKEditor5 widget. NOTE: the vendor's position is that this is not a vulnerability. The CKEditor 5 documentation discusses that it is the responsibility of an integrator (who is adding CKEditor 5 functionality to a website) to choose the correct security settings for their use case. Also, safe default values are established (e.g., config.htmlEmbed.showPreviews is false).

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.02097 81st percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation
None
Automatable
No
Technical impact
Partial

The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
——all versions—No fix listedCNA
  • — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:ckeditor:ckeditor:35.4.0:*:*:*:*:node.js:*:*35.4.0Vulnerableckeditor
  • cpe:2.3:a:ckeditor:ckeditor:35.4.0:*:*:*:*:node.js:*:* Versions 35.4.0 Vulnerable ·ckeditor

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2022-48110

References

Advisory 1

Other 1

  • TI-2023-15111 A unrestricted file upload vulnerability was discovered in the ‘Browse and upload images’… CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2021-18004 HTML comments vulnerability allowing to execute JavaScript code CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.2
  • TI-2022-08543 Regular expression Denial of Service in dialog plugin CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
  • TI-2021-18003 Advanced Content Filter (ACF) vulnerability allowing to execute JavaScript code using malformed HTML CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.2
  • TI-2021-12473 Cross-site scripting in ckeditor via abuse of undo functionality CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.6
  • TI-2011-04280 Information disclosure in CKSource CKEditor Drupal module CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
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Sources

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