LOWCVSS v3.1 3.1Vulnerability

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

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