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GHSA-vg35-5wq7-3x7w
No affected components available
Impact
Stored XSS vulnerability in the media plugin. Attackers can inject malicious scripts via crafted data-mce-* attributes, which are executed when content is rendered. Impacts users of TinyMCE with the media plugin enabled.
Patches
This vulnerability has been patched in TinyMCE 8.5.1, TinyMCE 7.9.3 and TinyMCE 5.11.1 LTS by ensuring that, when using the media plugin, any content with data-mce-object and data-mce-p-* attributes are properly sanitized.
Workarounds
No official workaround available.
Fix
To avoid this vulnerability:
- Upgrade to TinyMCE 8.5.1 or higher.
- Upgrade to TinyMCE 7.9.3 or higher.
- Upgrade to TinyMCE 5.11.1 LTS or higher for TinyMCE 5.x (only available as part of commercial long-term support contract).
Acknowledgements
Tiny thanks Aymane MAZGUITI and Ange Primiterra for their help identifying this vulnerability.
The vulnerability can be exploited over the network without needing physical access. It is easy for an attacker to exploit this vulnerability. An attacker needs basic access or low-level privileges. The attacker needs the user to perform some action, like clicking a link. The vulnerability can affect other systems as well, not just the initial system. There is a high impact on the confidentiality of the information. There is a high impact on the integrity of the data.
Exploitation activity has been observed. Apply available patches or mitigations urgently.
Probability that this vulnerability will be exploited in the wild within the next 30 days.
We did not find any exploit available. Neither in GitHub repositories nor in the Exploit-Database.
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