Vulnerability Report

CVE-2018-9861

Title: Ckeditor Enhanced Image Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)

XSS

Proof Of Concept

No public PoC currently indexed for CVE-2018-9861.

CWE Category CWE-79

Published Date Apr 19, 2018

Modified Date Jun 17, 2026

Exploit Status Not Found

Score 6.1 CVSS v3.0

Exploit Probability (EPSS)

1.75%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2018-9861: Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Enhanced Image (aka image2) plugin for CKEditor (in versions 4.5.10 through 4.9.1; fixed in 4.9.2), as used in Drupal 8 before 8.4.7 and 8.5.x before 8.5.2 and other products, allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script through a crafted IMG element.

Impacted Vendors

drupal 1

ckeditor 1

Reference Links

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/103924 https://github.com/ckeditor/ckeditor-dev/blob/master/CHANGES.md https://www.drupal.org/sa-core-2018-003 https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujul2019-5072835.html http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/103924 https://github.com/ckeditor/ckeditor-dev/blob/master/CHANGES.md https://www.drupal.org/sa-core-2018-003 https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujul2019-5072835.html

CVSS v3.0

Source Entity [email protected]

Severity MEDIUM

6.1

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Complexity

LOW

Privileges

N/A

Interaction

REQUIRED

Confidentiality

N/A

Integrity

N/A

Availability

N/A

Scope

CHANGED

RAW VECTOR CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

CVSS v2.0

Source Entity [email protected]

Severity MEDIUM

4.3

Access Vector

N/A

Authentication

N/A

RAW VECTOR AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2018-9861 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

No public PoCs found in our database for this CVE.

June 17, 2026 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

November 21, 2024 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

April 19, 2018 PUBLISHED

Vulnerability first announced in NVD.

Attack Vector Matrix

Access Vector NETWORK

Complexity LOW

Privileges N/A

Interaction REQUIRED

CVSS Vector String


                                    CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.