CKEditor 5 is a modern JavaScript rich-text editor with an MVC architecture. From 29.0.0 until 47.7.4 and 48.5.1, specially crafted markup can trigger cross-site scripting when General HTML Support is enabled and specifically configured to allow object content. Processing that content can execute attacker-controlled JavaScript in a browser context isolated from the origin of the application embedding the editor. This issue is fixed in versions 47.7.4 and 48.5.1.
Advisories
Source ID Title
Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-v6mg-96c6-gmpq CKEditor: Cross-site scripting (XSS) in the engine package
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History

Tue, 27 Oct 2026 20:45:00 +0000

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Description CKEditor 5 is a modern JavaScript rich-text editor with an MVC architecture. From 29.0.0 until 47.7.4 and 48.5.1, specially crafted markup can trigger cross-site scripting when General HTML Support is enabled and specifically configured to allow object content. Processing that content can execute attacker-controlled JavaScript in a browser context isolated from the origin of the application embedding the editor. This issue is fixed in versions 47.7.4 and 48.5.1.
Title CKEditor: Cross-site scripting (XSS) in the engine package
Weaknesses CWE-79
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 3.1, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N'}


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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: GitHub_M

Published:

Updated: 2026-10-27T19:33:11.074Z

Reserved: 2026-10-26T20:00:59.830Z

Link: CVE-2026-116687

cve-icon Vulnrichment

No data.

cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-10-27T20:17:13.890

Modified: 2026-10-27T20:17:13.890

Link: CVE-2026-116687

cve-icon Redhat

No data.

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-10-27T20:45:08Z

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