XSS in TinyMCE

1) Cross-site scripting

EUVDB-ID: #VU85626

Risk: Medium

CVSSv3.1: 5.3 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2024-21908

CWE-ID: CWE-79 - Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

Exploit availability: No

Description

The disclosed vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks.

The vulnerability exists due to insufficient sanitization of user-supplied data in the schema validation logic of the core parser. A remote attacker can trick the victim to follow a specially crafted link and execute arbitrary HTML and script code in user's browser in context of vulnerable website.

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may allow a remote attacker to steal potentially sensitive information, change appearance of the web page, perform phishing and drive-by-download attacks.

Mitigation

Install updates from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

tinymce: before 5.9.0

External links

http://github.com/tinymce/tinymce/security/advisories/GHSA-5h9g-x5rv-25wg
http://www.tiny.cloud/docs/release-notes/release-notes59/#securityfixes
http://github.com/advisories/GHSA-5h9g-x5rv-25wg
http://vulncheck.com/advisories/vc-advisory-GHSA-5h9g-x5rv-25wg

Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.