The Preview plugin in CKEditor allows Cross-site scripting (XSS)

published 2014-08-07 12 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also GHSA-v27h-j97p-wqmx , EUVD-2014-5089

cvss: 4.3; version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 1.8%; EPSS 1.8% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 79%
public exploits: 0; none known

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Preview plugin before 4.4.3 in CKEditor allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via unspecified vectors.

Patch / fix

fixed in 1 distros 1 links 2

packagist ckeditor/ckeditor 4.4.3

ckeditor Debian 12 4.4.4+dfsg1-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2014-5191

github.com/ckeditor/ckeditor4@b685874 commit
ckeditor.com/node/136981 advisory

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2014-5191 updated 2025-11-21 cvss 4.3

ckeditor: cross-site scripting flaw in the preview plug-in

Red Hat All currently supported Red Hat products
not affected: vulnerable code not present

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

Exploit prediction

1.83% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 79% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
NVD	2.0	4.3	AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Affected packages

ecosystem	package	affected	fixed in
packagist	ckeditor/ckeditor	<4.4.3	4.4.3

Classification

Weakness

CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation

References

ckeditor.com /node/136981
web, patch, vendor-advisory
github.com /ckeditor/ckeditor4/commit/b685874c6bc873a76e6e95916c43840a2b7ab08a
web
secunia.com /advisories/60036
third-party-advisory
securityfocus.com /bid/69161
vdb-entry
nvd.nist.gov /vuln/detail/CVE-2014-5191
advisory
github.com /ckeditor/ckeditor4-releases
package

Sources

CVE List CVE-2014-5191
GitHub Advisory GHSA-v27h-j97p-wqmx
NVD CVE-2014-5191

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Summary