GHSA-MH5M-5HW4-5C69

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-06-05 20:09 – Updated: 2026-06-05 20:09
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Summary
TinyMCE Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability using sanitization bypass through nested SVGs
Details

Impact

TinyMCE 6.8.x contains an XSS vulnerability caused by improper SVG namespace scope handling in the sanitizer. A crafted payload using nested elements can bypass attribute sanitization and execute arbitrary JavaScript.

Patches

This issue affects TinyMCE 6.8.x-7.0.x. The vulnerability is fixed in TinyMCE 7.1.0 and later.

Workarounds

No official workaround available.

Acknowledgements

Tiny thanks maple3142 (https://maple3142.net) of DEVCORE for their help identifying this vulnerability.

References

Fix introduced in TinyMCE 7.1.0 though a rewrite of code causing the vulnerability.

Severity
8.7 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N
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