CVE-2026-116687
### Impact A Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability has been discovered in the CKEditor 5 engine. This vulnerability could be triggered by inserting specially crafted markup under a specific General HTML Support configuration that allows inserting objects, leading to unauthorized JavaScript code execution in a browser context isolated from the origin of the application embedding the editor. This vulnerability affects only installations where General HTML Support is enabled and configured to allow the affected HTML content. ### Patches The problem has been recognized and patched. The fix will be available in version `48.5.1` (and above) and `47.7.4` (LTS). ### For more information Email us at [[email protected]](mailto:[email protected]) if you have any questions or comments about this advisory.
Properties
- Severity
- low
- Summary
- CKEditor: Cross-site scripting (XSS) in the engine package
- Nvd fetched at
- 2026-10-27T23:33:07.137019+00:00
- Cvss severity
- LOW
- Cvss score
- 3.1
- Retrieved at
- 2026-10-27T23:34:59+00:00
- Ghsa published
- 2026-10-27T21:05:13Z
- Source url
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-v6mg-96c6-gmpq
- Ghsa updated
- 2026-10-27T21:05:13Z
- Ghsa id
- GHSA-v6mg-96c6-gmpq
- Last source
- GitHub Advisory Database
- Score
- 3.1
- Cvss version
- 3.1
- Cve id
- CVE-2026-116687
- Cvss vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
- First seen by Signal
- 2026-10-27T23:33:57+00:00
- Is ghsa only
- false
- Vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
- Published at
- 2026-10-27T20:17:13.890
- Last modified
- 2026-10-27T20:17:13.890
Related Entities (5)
AFFECTS (2)
VULNERABLE_TO (2)
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