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CVE-2021-212546.5MediumCWE-400

CVE-2021-21254: Regular expression Denial of Service in Markdown plugin

ckeditor · ckeditor5

Affected: ckeditor5 · Exploitation: possible (1 to 10%)

Not in CyberSIXT coverage yet: no article names this CVE. This page shows the public record.

1.8%probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
79th percentile
050100

Higher than 79% of scored CVEs

6.5MediumCVSS 3.1
LowMedium

DescriptionCVE.org

CKEditor 5 is an open source rich text editor framework with a modular architecture. The CKEditor 5 Markdown plugin (@ckeditor/ckeditor5-markdown-gfm) before version 25.0.0 has a regex denial of service (ReDoS) vulnerability. The vulnerability allowed to abuse link recognition regular expression, which could cause a significant performance drop resulting in browser tab freeze. It affects all users using CKEditor 5 Markdown plugin at version <= 24.0.0. The problem has been recognized and patched. The fix will be available in version 25.0.0.

Affected products1

From the CVE record. A product or version that is not listed is unknown, not unaffected.

  • ckeditor · ckeditor5< 25.0.0

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Exploitation
Possible (1 to 10%). EPSS between 1% and 10%.
CISA KEV
Not listed
Public check
No public nuclei template
Vendor
ckeditor
Published
January 2021

CoverageNo articles yet

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