CVE-2023-45819
October 19, 2023
TinyMCE is an open source rich text editor. A cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability was discovered in TinyMCE’s Notification Manager API. The vulnerability exploits TinyMCE's unfiltered notification system, which is used in error handling. The conditions for this exploit requires carefully crafted malicious content to have been inserted into the editor and a notification to have been triggered. When a notification was opened, the HTML within the text argument was displayed unfiltered in the notification. The vulnerability allowed arbitrary JavaScript execution when an notification presented in the TinyMCE UI for the current user. This issue could also be exploited by any integration which uses a TinyMCE notification to display unfiltered HTML content. This vulnerability has been patched in TinyMCE 5.10.8 and TinyMCE 6.7.1 by ensuring that the HTML displayed in the notification is sanitized, preventing the exploit. Users are advised to upgrade. There are no known workarounds for this vulnerability.
Affected Packages
tinymce (CDN_JS):
Affected version(s) Fix Suggestion:
Update to version 5.10.8tinymce (CDN_JS):
Affected version(s) Fix Suggestion:
Update to version 6.7.1tinymce (NPM):
Affected version(s) >=4.0.25 <5.10.8Fix Suggestion:
Update to version 5.10.8tinymce (NPM):
Affected version(s) >=6.0.0 <6.7.1Fix Suggestion:
Update to version 6.7.1TinyMCE (NUGET):
Affected version(s) >=3.4.3.2 <5.10.8Fix Suggestion:
Update to version 5.10.8TinyMCE (NUGET):
Affected version(s) >=6.0.0 <6.7.1Fix Suggestion:
Update to version 6.7.1Additional Notes
The description of this vulnerability differs from MITRE.
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Contact UsCVSS v4
Base Score:
5.3
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Attack Requirements
NONE
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
PASSIVE
Vulnerable System Confidentiality
LOW
Vulnerable System Integrity
LOW
Vulnerable System Availability
NONE
Subsequent System Confidentiality
LOW
Subsequent System Integrity
LOW
Subsequent System Availability
NONE
CVSS v3
Base Score:
6.1
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
CHANGED
Confidentiality
LOW
Integrity
LOW
Availability
NONE
Weakness Type (CWE)
Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')
EPSS
Base Score:
2.19