ghsa-w9jx-4g6g-rp7x
Vulnerability from github
Published
2024-06-19 15:07
Modified
2024-07-05 21:37
Severity ?
6.1 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
5.3 (Medium) - CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:L/SA:L
Summary
TinyMCE Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability using noscript elements
Details

Impact

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.

Patches

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.

Fix

To avoid this vulnerability:

  • Upgrade to TinyMCE 7.2.0 or higher.
  • Upgrade to TinyMCE 6.8.4 or higher for TinyMCE 6.x.
  • Upgrade to TinyMCE 5.11.0 LTS or higher for TinyMCE 5.x (only available as part of commercial long-term support contract).

Acknowledgements

Tiny thanks Malav Khatri and another reporter for their help identifying this vulnerability.

References

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If you have any questions or comments about this advisory:

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  "details": "### Impact\nA [cross-site scripting (XSS)](https://owasp.org/www-community/attacks/xss/) vulnerability was discovered in TinyMCE\u2019s content parsing code. This allowed specially crafted noscript elements containing malicious code to be executed when that content was loaded into the editor.\n\n### Patches\nThis 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.\n\n### Fix\nTo avoid this vulnerability:\n\n* Upgrade to TinyMCE 7.2.0 or higher.\n* Upgrade to TinyMCE 6.8.4 or higher for TinyMCE 6.x.\n* Upgrade to TinyMCE 5.11.0 LTS or higher for TinyMCE 5.x (only available as part of commercial [long-term support](https://www.tiny.cloud/long-term-support/) contract).\n\n### Acknowledgements\nTiny thanks [Malav Khatri](https://malavkhatri.com/) and another reporter for their help identifying this vulnerability.\n\n### References\n* [TinyMCE 6.8.4](https://www.tiny.cloud/docs/tinymce/6/6.8.4-release-notes/#overview)\n* [TinyMCE 7.2.0](https://www.tiny.cloud/docs/tinymce/7/7.2-release-notes/#overview)\n\n### For more information\nIf you have any questions or comments about this advisory:\n\n* Email us at [infosec@tiny.cloud](mailto:infosec@tiny.cloud)\n* Open an issue in the [TinyMCE repo](https://github.com/tinymce/tinymce/issues?q=is%3Aissue+is%3Aopen+sort%3Aupdated-desc)\n",
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