CVE-2023-48219
November 15, 2023
TinyMCE is an open source rich text editor. A mutation cross-site scripting (mXSS) vulnerability was discovered in TinyMCE’s core undo/redo functionality and other APIs and plugins. Text nodes within specific parents are not escaped upon serialization according to the HTML standard. If such text nodes contain a special character reserved as an internal marker, they can be combined with other HTML patterns to form malicious snippets. These snippets pass the initial sanitisation layer when the content is parsed into the editor body, but can trigger XSS when the special internal marker is removed from the content and re-parsed. his vulnerability has been patched in TinyMCE versions 6.7.3 and 5.10.9. Users are advised to upgrade. There are no known workarounds for this vulnerability.
Affected Packages
tinymce (CDN_JS):
Affected version(s) >=3.5.8 <5.10.9Fix Suggestion:
Update to version 5.10.9tinymce (CDN_JS):
Affected version(s) >=6.0.0 <6.7.3Fix Suggestion:
Update to version 6.7.3tinymce (NPM):
Affected version(s) >=6.0.0 <6.7.3Fix Suggestion:
Update to version 6.7.3tinymce (NPM):
Affected version(s) >=4.0.25 <5.10.9Fix Suggestion:
Update to version 5.10.9tinymce (NUGET):
Affected version(s) >=6.0.0 <6.7.3Fix Suggestion:
Update to version 6.7.3tinymce (NUGET):
Affected version(s) >=3.4.3.2 <5.10.9Fix Suggestion:
Update to version 5.10.9Related Resources (9)
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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:
1.98