Cross-site scripting in TinyMCE - CVE-2023-48219
Published: November 15, 2023 / Updated: January 21, 2024
Vulnerability identifier: #VU83165
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 5.1 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2023-48219
CWE-ID: CWE-79
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
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 within the core undo/redo functionality, getContentAPI, resetContentAPI, and Autosave plugin. A remote attacker can inject 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.
Affected software
TinyMCE
Roundcube Webmail
IBM Maximo Asset Management
IBM Maximo Application Suite
Roundcube Webmail
IBM Maximo Asset Management
IBM Maximo Application Suite
How to mitigate CVE-2023-48219
Install updates from vendor's website.
TinyMCE - addressed in versions 5.10.9, 6.7.3
Roundcube Webmail - update to 1.6.6
IBM Maximo Asset Management - update to 7.6.1.3.17
IBM Maximo Application Suite - addressed in versions 8.10.9, 8.11.6
Roundcube Webmail - update to 1.6.6
IBM Maximo Asset Management - update to 7.6.1.3.17
IBM Maximo Application Suite - addressed in versions 8.10.9, 8.11.6