TinyMCE Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability using noscript elements
- Published
- Last modified
- Where the record stands: published, rejected by its publisher, or superseded by another id.What do these mean? →
- published
- Whether CISA lists it in its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog: proof that attackers are using it.What do these mean? →
- Not listed in CISA KEV
- Fix
- Fixed in 5.11.0, 6.8.4, 7.2.0, 4.1.0
- Whether working attack code is public (Exploit-DB, Metasploit, Nuclei or GitHub). Public code makes attacks easier.What do these mean? →
- None on Exploit-DB, Metasploit or GitHub
- Exploitation: none
- Automatable: no
- Technical impact: partial
Summary
TinyMCE is an open source rich text editor. A cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability was discovered in TinyMCE’s content parsing code. This allowed specially crafted noscript elements containing malicious code to be executed when that content was loaded into the editor. This vulnerability has been patched in TinyMCE 7.2.0, TinyMCE 6.8.4 and TinyMCE 5.11.0 LTS by ensuring that content within noscript elements are properly parsed. Users are advised to upgrade. There are no known workarounds for this vulnerability.
Timeline
- CVE published
- CISA SSVC assessment
Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical impact: partial
- Record last updated
Affected versions
- tinymce tinymce
fixed in 5.11.0; From 6.0.0 · fixed in 6.8.4; From 7.0.0 · fixed in 7.2.0
- tinymcenpm
fixed in 5.11.0
- TinyMCENuGet
fixed in 5.11.0
- tinymce/tinymcePackagist
fixed in 5.11.0
- tinymcenpm
From 6.0.0 · fixed in 6.8.4
- tinymcenpm
From 7.0.0 · fixed in 7.2.0
- TinyMCENuGet
From 6.0.0 · fixed in 6.8.4
- TinyMCENuGet
From 7.0.0 · fixed in 7.2.0
- tinymce/tinymcePackagist
From 6.0.0 · fixed in 6.8.4
- tinymce/tinymcePackagist
From 7.0.0 · fixed in 7.2.0
- django-tinymcePyPI
fixed in 4.1.0