CVE-2021-21391
No known exploitation. EPSS puts it in the 76th percentile. A vendor fix is available.
What to do
The vendor has published a fix. Version details are below where the sources state them.
What it is
From the CVE record
Regular expression Denial of Service in multiple packages
In plain language
No plain-language summary for this CVE yet.
Exploitation
Where each signal puts this CVE on the scale from published to confirmed exploited.
- CISA KEV
Not in the catalog. CISA has not confirmed exploitation.
- Public exploits
No public exploit or proof of concept found in the sources we track.
- EPSS
1.7% chance of exploitation activity in the next 30 days, which ranks it in the 76th percentile of scored CVEs.
Exploit Prediction Scoring System, FIRST.org. A probability, not a confirmation.
Lifecycle
5 events over 1302 days, from the signal feeds we watch.
- Patch availablerecord updated
- Publishedweakness classified, att&ck mapped
Affected products
- ckeditor5-engineWeb & CMS Plugins / wordpress-plugin
- ckeditor5-fontWeb & CMS Plugins / wordpress-plugin
- ckeditor5-imageWeb & CMS Plugins / wordpress-plugin
- ckeditor5-listWeb & CMS Plugins / wordpress-plugin
- ckeditor5-markdown-gfmWeb & CMS Plugins / cms-core
- ckeditor5-media-embedWeb & CMS Plugins / wordpress-plugin
- ckeditor5-paste-from-officeWeb & CMS Plugins / wordpress-plugin
- ckeditor5-widgetWeb & CMS Plugins / wordpress-plugin
- @ckeditor/ckeditor5-engineOSS Libraries
- @ckeditor/ckeditor5-fontOSS Libraries
- @ckeditor/ckeditor5-imageOSS Libraries
- @ckeditor/ckeditor5-listOSS Libraries
- @ckeditor/ckeditor5-markdown-gfmOSS Libraries
- @ckeditor/ckeditor5-media-embedOSS Libraries
- @ckeditor/ckeditor5-paste-from-officeOSS Libraries
- @ckeditor/ckeditor5-widgetOSS Libraries
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Technical detail
CVSS 3.1 vector
Open in the CVSS calculatorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Scored 6.5 by NVD.
How it is reached
- Attack Vector NetworkExploitable remotely over the network without any special conditions
- Attack Complexity LowNo special conditions — the attack can be reliably reproduced
- Privileges Required NoneNo authentication required — anyone can exploit this
- User Interaction RequiredA user must click a link, open a file, or perform some action
Scope
- Scope UnchangedImpact is limited to the vulnerable component itself
Impact if exploited
- Confidentiality NoneNo confidentiality impact
- Integrity NoneNo integrity impact
- Availability HighTotal denial of service — the component is completely unavailable
Weaknesses
ATT&CK techniques
Mapped from the weaknesses above (CWE to ATT&CK), not observed in attacks.
Sources
References in the record
- github.com/ckeditor/ckeditor5/security/advisories/GHSA-3rh3-wfr4-76mj
- nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-21391
- github.com/ckeditor/ckeditor5/releases/tag/v27.0.0
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