# CVE-2026-104847: ProseMirror: XSS vulnerability in prosemirror-view's paste handling

- Also known as: GHSA-C8X8-7FP4-3X9W
- Severity: CVSS 8.5 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 1.42.3
- Published: 2026-10-02 · Updated: 2026-10-02

## Affected

- ProseMirror prosemirror-view: fixed in 1.42.3
- prosemirror-view (npm): fixed in 1.42.3

## Description

ProseMirror's view component renders and manages the editable browser interface for ProseMirror documents. Prior to 1.42.3, prosemirror-view paste handling accepts attacker-provided HTML whose clipboard slice context contains attributes that are not passed through schema attribute validation. When a user pastes the crafted HTML into an editor, the unvalidated context attributes can construct content that executes attacker-controlled JavaScript in the browser window containing the editor. This issue is fixed in version 1.42.3.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on ProseMirror prosemirror-view, prosemirror-view, upgrade to a fixed version (1.42.3) per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://github.com/ProseMirror/prosemirror-view/security/advisories/GHSA-c8x8-7fp4-3x9w
- https://github.com/ProseMirror/prosemirror-view/commit/20dc0a911a79f8fc6640dbbea5e7d68d3c4784b7
- https://github.com/ProseMirror/prosemirror-view/commit/2e91a612bbc1248e55b4f6061fc93fe459f977c1

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