CVE-2026-28343 PUBLISHED

CKEditor: Cross-site scripting (XSS) in the HTML Support package

Assigner: GitHub_M
Reserved: 26.02.2026 Published: 05.03.2026 Updated: 19.03.2026

CKEditor 5 is a modern JavaScript rich-text editor with an MVC architecture. Starting in version 29.0.0 and prior to version 47.6.0, a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability has been discovered in the General HTML Support feature. This vulnerability could be triggered by inserting specially crafted markup, leading to unauthorized JavaScript code execution, if the editor instance used an unsafe General HTML Support configuration. This issue has been patched in version 47.6.0.

Metrics

CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
CVSS Score: 6.4

Product Status

Vendor ckeditor
Product ckeditor5
Versions
  • Version >= 29.0.0, < 47.6.0 is affected

References

Problem Types

  • CWE-79: Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') CWE