CVE-2026-47759 (GCVE-0-2026-47759)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-05-28 15:20 – Updated: 2026-05-30 01:58
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Title
TinyMCE Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability using through data-mce- prefixed src, href, style attributes
Summary
TinyMCE is an open source rich text editor. Prior to 5.11.1, 7.9.3, and 8.5.1, there is a stored XSS vulnerability via unsanitized data-mce-* attributes (data-mce-href, data-mce-src, data-mce-style). Allows attackers to inject malicious values that override safe attributes during serialization, bypassing validation. This vulnerability is fixed in 5.11.1, 7.9.3, and 8.5.1.
Severity
8.7 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N
CWE
  • CWE-79 - Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')
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References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
tinymce tinymce Affected: < 5.11.1
Affected: >= 6.0.0, <= 6.8.6
Affected: >= 7.0.0, < 7.9.3
Affected: >= 8.0.0, < 8.5.1
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