GHSA-x9gp-vjh6-3wv6Low

CKEditor 5 cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the clipboard package

Published
September 3, 2025
Last Modified
September 4, 2025

🔗 CVE IDs covered (1)

📋 Description

Impact

A Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability has been discovered in the CKEditor 5 clipboard package. This vulnerability could be triggered by a specific user action, leading to unauthorized JavaScript code execution, if the attacker managed to insert a malicious content into the editor, which might happen with a very specific editor configuration.

This vulnerability affects only installations where the editor configuration meets one of the following criteria:

Patches

The problem has been recognized and patched. The fix will be available in version 46.0.3 (and above), and explicitly in version 45.2.2.

For more information

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🎯 Affected products4

  • npm/ckeditor5:>= 46.0.0, < 46.0.3
  • npm/@ckeditor/ckeditor5-clipboard:>= 44.2.0, < 45.2.2
  • npm/ckeditor5:>= 44.2.0, < 45.2.2
  • npm/@ckeditor/ckeditor5-clipboard:>= 46.0.0, < 46.0.3

🔗 References (4)