Is CVE-2021-41165 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2021-41165 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2021-41165?

CVE-2021-41165 has a CVSS v3 base score of 8.2 (HIGH).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2021-41165?

CVE-2021-41165 has an EPSS score of 1.47% (71th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2021-41165?

Upgrade ckeditor on debian 12 to 4.19.0+dfsg-1 or later.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2021-41165

HIGHEPSS 71th pctl

8.2

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

CKEditor4 is an open source WYSIWYG HTML editor. In affected version a vulnerability has been discovered in the core HTML processing module and may affect all plugins used by CKEditor 4. The vulnerability allowed to inject malformed comments HTML bypassing content sanitization, which could result in executing JavaScript code. It affects all users using the CKEditor 4 at version < 4.17.0. The problem has been recognized and patched. The fix will be available in version 4.17.0.

CWE-79Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)

How to fix

Remediation Available

ckeditorDebian

Fixed in:4.19.0+dfsg-1CVE-2021-41165

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorNetwork

Attack ComplexityLow

Privileges RequiredLow

User InteractionRequired

ScopeChanged

Impact

ConfidentialityHigh

IntegrityLow

AvailabilityLow

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:L/A:L

Exploit Intelligence

1.47%probability of exploitation in 30 days

71stpercentile

Elevated risk: more likely to be exploited than 71% of all known CVEs.

References

Patch2

Third-Party Advisory3

Other references1

oracle.com

Related Vulnerabilities

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CVE-2020-11022	Medium	6.9	99%	-	Fix
CVE-2019-3929	Critical	9.8	99%	KEV	Fix
CVE-2020-9496	Medium	6.1	99%	-	-
CVE-2023-28341	Medium	6.1	99%	-	Fix
CVE-2018-12998	Medium	6.1	98%	-	-
CVE-2025-4123	High	7.6	98%	-	Fix

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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2024-11-21.