CVE-2024-29881
TinyMCE Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in handling external SVG files through Object or Embed elements
- State
- Published
- Severity
- 4.3 Medium
- Published
- Mar 26, 2024
- Updated
- Aug 2, 2024
- Reserved
- Mar 21, 2024
Description
TinyMCE is an open source rich text editor. A cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability was discovered in TinyMCE’s content loading and content inserting code. A SVG image could be loaded though an `object` or `embed` element and that image could potentially contain a XSS payload. This vulnerability is fixed in 6.8.1 and 7.0.0.
Scores
| CVSS | Score | Vector | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.1 | 4.3 Medium | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N | GitHub_M |
Weaknesses
- CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
tinymcetinymce |
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References
- https://github.com/tinymce/tinymce/security/advisories/GHSA-5359-pvf2-pw78
- https://github.com/tinymce/tinymce/commit/bcdea2ad14e3c2cea40743fb48c63bba067ae6d1
- https://www.tiny.cloud/docs/tinymce/6/6.8.1-release-notes/#new-convert_unsafe_embeds-option-that-controls-whether-object-and-embed-elements-will-be-converted-to-more-restrictive-alternatives-namely-img-for-image-mime-types-video-for-video-mime-types-audio-audio-mime-types-or-iframe-for-other-or-unspecified-mime-types
- https://www.tiny.cloud/docs/tinymce/7/7.0-release-notes/#convert_unsafe_embeds-editor-option-is-now-defaulted-to-true
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