The Preview plugin in CKEditor allows Cross-site scripting (XSS)

MEDIUM 4.3CVE-2014-5191 · GHSA-v27h-j97p-wqmx · Published 07/08/2014 · updated 17/06/2026

In short

CVE-2014-5191 is a MEDIUM (CVSS 4.3) vulnerability affecting ckeditor/ckeditor, ckeditor (ckeditor).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 1.8%, higher than 78.9% of all vulnerabilities.
Fix: update to 4.4.3 or later.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
ckeditor/ckeditor Packagist	`< 4.4.3`	`4.4.3`
ckeditor ckeditor	`= 4.4.0= 4.4.1≤ 4.4.2`	No fix yet

Description

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Preview plugin before 4.4.3 in CKEditor allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via unspecified vectors.

NVD description

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Preview plugin before 4.4.3 in CKEditor allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via unspecified vectors.

References

nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-5191 · ADVISORY
ckeditor/ckeditor4 commit b685874 · WEB
ckeditor/ckeditor4-releases · PACKAGE
ckeditor.com/node/136981 · WEB
secunia.com/advisories/60036
securityfocus.com/bid/69161

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