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Status published
Medium
CVE-2024-29881
TinyMCE Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in handling external SVG files through Object or Embed elements
Vulnerability 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.
Impact Analysis
Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.
Remediation
Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.
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Credits & Attribution
No credits recorded in the NVD database.
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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Affected Vendor
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View all reports →Affected Software
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Vulnerable Versions:
< 7.0.0
Timeline
Official Publish:
March 26th, 2024
Last Modified:
August 2nd, 2024
Added to House:
July 22nd, 2026
CVSS Vectors
V3:
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N