UBUNTU-CVE-2020-9440

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-9440
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2020/UBUNTU-CVE-2020-9440.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2020-9440
Upstream
Published
2020-03-10T17:15:00Z
Modified
2025-09-08T16:46:00Z
Severity
  • 6.1 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N CVSS Calculator
  • Ubuntu - medium
Summary
[none]
Details

A cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the WSC plugin through 5.5.7.5 for CKEditor 4 allows remote attackers to run arbitrary web script inside an IFRAME element by injecting a crafted HTML element into the editor.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS / ckeditor

Package

Name
ckeditor
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/ckeditor@4.5.7+dfsg-2ubuntu0.16.04.1~esm2?arch=source&distro=esm-apps/xenial

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

4.*

4.4.4+dfsg1-3
4.5.6+dfsg-1
4.5.7+dfsg-1
4.5.7+dfsg-2
4.5.7+dfsg-2ubuntu0.16.04.1~esm1
4.5.7+dfsg-2ubuntu0.16.04.1~esm2

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "4.5.7+dfsg-2ubuntu0.16.04.1~esm2",
            "binary_name": "ckeditor"
        }
    ]
}

Ubuntu:Pro:18.04:LTS / ckeditor

Package

Name
ckeditor
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/ckeditor@4.5.7+dfsg-2ubuntu0.18.04.1+esm1?arch=source&distro=esm-apps/bionic

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

4.*

4.5.7+dfsg-2
4.5.7+dfsg-2ubuntu0.18.04.1
4.5.7+dfsg-2ubuntu0.18.04.1+esm1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "4.5.7+dfsg-2ubuntu0.18.04.1+esm1",
            "binary_name": "ckeditor"
        }
    ]
}

Ubuntu:Pro:20.04:LTS / ckeditor

Package

Name
ckeditor
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/ckeditor@4.12.1+dfsg-1ubuntu0.1+esm1?arch=source&distro=esm-apps/focal

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

4.*

4.11.1+dfsg-1
4.12.1+dfsg-1
4.12.1+dfsg-1ubuntu0.1
4.12.1+dfsg-1ubuntu0.1+esm1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "4.12.1+dfsg-1ubuntu0.1+esm1",
            "binary_name": "ckeditor"
        }
    ]
}

Ubuntu:22.04:LTS / ckeditor

Package

Name
ckeditor
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/ckeditor@4.16.2+dfsg-1?arch=source&distro=jammy

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

4.*

4.16.0+dfsg-2
4.16.2+dfsg-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "4.16.2+dfsg-1",
            "binary_name": "ckeditor"
        }
    ]
}