Cross-site scripting in TinyMCE - #VU87824
Published: March 26, 2024
Vulnerability identifier: #VU87824
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 5.1 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:P/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N]
CVE-ID: N/A
CWE-ID: CWE-79
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The disclosed vulnerability allows a remote user to perform cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks.
The vulnerability exists due to insufficient sanitization of user-supplied data when working with SVG images. A remote user can load a specially crafted SVG image through Object or Embed elements and execute arbitrary HTML and script code in user's browser in context of vulnerable website.
Affected software
TinyMCE
Remediation
Install updates from vendor's website.
TinyMCE - update to 7.0.0