CVE-2025-13980

CKEditor 5 Premium Features - Moderately critical - Access bypass - SA-CONTRIB-2025-118

MEDIUM
5.3
CVSS Score
Published: January 28, 2026 at 08:01 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 08:35 AM UTC
2 products affected across 2 vendorsCkeditor 5 Premium FeaturesCKEditor 5 Premium Features

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Severity
MEDIUM5.3
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.3%
SSVC
No known exploit

Description

Authentication Bypass Using an Alternate Path or Channel vulnerability in Drupal CKEditor 5 Premium Features allows Functionality Bypass.This issue affects CKEditor 5 Premium Features: from 0.0.0 before 1.2.10, from 1.3.0 before 1.3.6, from 1.4.0 before 1.4.3, from 1.5.0 before 1.5.1, from 1.6.0 before 1.6.4.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

v < 1.2.101.3.0 ≤ v < 1.3.61.4.0 ≤ v < 1.4.31.6.0 ≤ v < 1.6.41.5.0
0.0.0 ≤ v < 1.2.101.3.0 ≤ v < 1.3.61.4.0 ≤ v < 1.4.31.5.0 ≤ v < 1.5.11.6.0 ≤ v < 1.6.40.0.01.3.01.4.01.5.01.6.0
Affected range stops below 1.2.10, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 1.3.6, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 1.4.3, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 1.5.1, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 1.6.4, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

Patch and advisory references

References (1)

Vendor Advisory
Source: cverecord
https://www.drupal.org/sa-contrib-2025-118

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCNo known exploitAutomatablePartial impact

SSVC signals action urgency (what to patch first), separate from CVSS which measures severity.

CVSS

5.3MEDIUMCISA-ADP
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
LOW
Integrity
NONE
Availability
NONE
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusANALYZED
CWE
CWE-288

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