CVE-2025-13980 CKEditor 5 Premium Features - Moderately critical - Access bypass - SA-CONTRIB-2025-118
An authentication bypass in the Drupal CKEditor 5 Premium Features module allows attackers to bypass access controls via an alternate path.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2025-13980?
CVE-2025-13980 is a medium-severity authentication bypass vulnerability in Drupal CKEditor 5 Premium Features, published on 28 Jan 2026. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official 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.
Weakness: CWE-288
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-13980?
It affects 1 product.
Linux distribution packages (1)
drupal/ckeditor5_premium_features Packagist:https://packages.drupal.org/8 | All versions | 1.2.10, 1.3.6, 1.4.3, 1.5.1, 1.6.4 |
Products include Cksource Ckeditor 5 Premium Features.
How do I fix CVE-2025-13980?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
Upgrade, and rotate credentials and sessions that may have been exposed. More about Authentication bypass.
Is CVE-2025-13980 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-13980 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as DRUPAL-CONTRIB-2025-118, GHSA-8479-rrmq-2rhw.