fix(deps): update dependency ckeditor4 to 4.24.* [security]

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This PR contains the following updates:

Package	Change	Age	Adoption	Passing	Confidence
ckeditor4 (source)	4.21.* -> 4.24.*

GitHub Vulnerability Alerts

CVE-2024-24815

Affected packages

The vulnerability has been discovered in the core HTML parsing module and may affect all editor instances that:

• Enabled full-page editing mode,
• or enabled CDATA elements in Advanced Content Filtering configuration (defaults to script and style elements).

Impact

A potential vulnerability has been discovered in CKEditor 4 HTML processing core module. The vulnerability allowed to inject malformed HTML content bypassing Advanced Content Filtering mechanism, which could result in executing JavaScript code. An attacker could abuse faulty CDATA content detection and use it to prepare an intentional attack on the editor. It affects all users using the CKEditor 4 at version < 4.24.0-lts.

Patches

The problem has been recognized and patched. The fix will be available in version 4.24.0-lts.

For more information

Email us at [email protected] if you have any questions or comments about this advisory.

Acknowledgements

The CKEditor 4 team would like to thank Michal Frýba from ALEF NULA for recognizing and reporting this vulnerability.

CVE-2024-24816

Affected packages

The vulnerability has been discovered in the samples that use the preview feature:

• samples/old/**/*.html
• plugins/[plugin name]/samples/**/*.html

All integrators that use these samples in the production code can be affected.

Impact

A potential vulnerability has been discovered in one of CKEditor's 4 samples that are shipped with production code. The vulnerability allowed to execute JavaScript code by abusing the misconfigured preview feature. It affects all users using the CKEditor 4 at version < 4.24.0-lts with affected samples used in a production environment.

Patches

The problem has been recognized and patched. The fix will be available in version 4.24.0-lts.

For more information

Email us at [email protected] if you have any questions or comments about this advisory.

Acknowledgements

The CKEditor 4 team would like to thank Marcin Wyczechowski & Michał Majchrowicz AFINE Team for recognizing and reporting this vulnerability.

CVE-2023-4771

Affected packages

The vulnerability has been discovered in the AJAX sample available at the samples/old/ajax.html file location. All integrators that use that sample in the production code can be affected.

Impact

A potential vulnerability has been discovered in one of CKEditor's 4 samples that are shipped with production code. The vulnerability allowed to execute JavaScript code by abusing the AJAX sample. It affects all users using the CKEditor 4 at version < 4.24.0-lts where samples/old/ajax.html is used in a production environment.

Patches

The problem has been recognized and patched. The fix will be available in version 4.24.0-lts.

For more information

Email us at [email protected] if you have any questions or comments about this advisory.

Acknowledgements

The CKEditor 4 team would like to thank Rafael Pedrero and INCIBE (original report) for recognizing and reporting this vulnerability.

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Release Notes

ckeditor/ckeditor4-releases (ckeditor4)

v4.24.0

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⚠️️️ Please note that this release is a part of CKEditor 4 Extended Support Model, only available to customers who decided to acquire the LTS (Long Term Support) version of the editor. All editor versions below 4.24.0-lts can no longer be considered as secure! ⚠️

Security Updates:

• Fixed cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability caused by incorrect CDATA detection reported by Michal Frýba, ALEF NULA.

  Issue summary: The vulnerability allowed to inject malformed HTML content bypassing Advanced Content Filtering mechanism, which could result in executing JavaScript code. See GHA for more details.

• Fixed cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in AJAX sample reported by Rafael Pedrero, see INCIBE report.

  Issue summary: The vulnerability allowed to execute JavaScript code by abusing the AJAX sample. See GHA for more details.

• Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in samples with enabled the preview feature reported by Marcin Wyczechowski & Michał Majchrowicz AFINE Team.

  Issue summary: The vulnerability allowed to execute JavaScript code by abusing the misconfigured preview feature. See GHA for more details.

You can read more details in the relevant security advisories. Contact us if you have more questions.

An upgrade is highly recommended!

Fixed Issues:

• Fixed: The CDATA parsing mechanism incorrectly detects the end of CDATA content. This fix unifies how style and script elements are parsed with the browser's behavior.

v4.23.0

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This release introduces the LTS (”Long Term Support”) version of the editor, available under commercial terms ("Extended Support Model").

If you acquired the Extended Support Model for CKEditor 4 LTS, please read the CKEditor 4 LTS key activation guide.

v4.22.1

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⚠️ This is the last open source release of CKEditor 4. As announced in 2018, CKEditor 4 has reached its End of Life in June 2023.

New Features:

• #​5316: Added vertical margins support for list elements in the Paste from Word plugin.
• #​5410: Added the ability to indicate the language of styles in the Styles Combo plugin via the config.styleSet configuration option.
• #​5510: Added notification system to the editor informing users that the editor version is up-to-date and secure. See config.versionCheck configuration option to learn more.

Fixed Issues:

• #​5437: Fixed: Incorrect indication of selected items in combo boxes. The selected item was unmarked upon each opening of the combo box.
• #​5495: Fixed: Insufficient color ratio for links inside Notifications.

Other Changes:

• #​5412: Prevent using document.domain in Firefox in the Preview plugin.

Note: CKEditor 4.22.1 has been released immediately after 4.22.0 to fix the README issues on npm and contains no changes vs 4.22.0.

v4.22.0

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⚠️ This is the last open source release of CKEditor 4. As announced in 2018, CKEditor 4 has reached its End of Life in June 2023.

New Features:

• #​5316: Added vertical margins support for list elements in the Paste from Word plugin.
• #​5410: Added the ability to indicate the language of styles in the Styles Combo plugin via the config.styleSet configuration option.
• #​5510: Added notification system to the editor informing users that the editor version is up-to-date and secure. See config.versionCheck configuration option to learn more.

Fixed Issues:

• #​5437: Fixed: Incorrect indication of selected items in combo boxes. The selected item was unmarked upon each opening of the combo box.
• #​5495: Fixed: Insufficient color ratio for links inside Notifications.

Other Changes:

• #​5412: Prevent using document.domain in Firefox in the Preview plugin.

Note: CKEditor 4.22.1 has been released immediately after 4.22.0 to fix the README issues on npm and contains no changes vs 4.22.0.

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⚠️ We detected 11 security issues in this pull request:

Vulnerable Libraries (11)

Severity	Details
Medium	pkg:npm/[email protected] (t) upgrade to: > 7.12.1
High	pkg:npm/@symfony/[email protected] (t) upgrade to: > 1.6.1
High	pkg:npm/[email protected] (t) upgrade to: > 7.0.2
Critical	pkg:npm/[email protected] (t) upgrade to: > 1.2.18
Medium	pkg:npm/[email protected] (t) upgrade to: > 11.1.0
High	pkg:npm/[email protected] (t) upgrade to: > 2.25.4
Medium	pkg:npm/[email protected] (t) upgrade to: 1.13.1
High	pkg:npm/[email protected] (t) upgrade to: > 1.49.11
N/A	pkg:npm/[email protected] (t) upgrade to: 15.10.1
Medium	pkg:npm/[email protected] (t) upgrade to: > 1.15.0
Medium	pkg:npm/[email protected] (t) upgrade to: 4.25.0

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