A cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in TinyMCE 5.2.1 and earlier allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script when configured in classic editing mode.

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied patch available.

  - A cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in TinyMCE 5.2.1 and earlier allows remote attackers to inject     arbitrary web script when configured in classic editing mode. (CVE-2020-12648)

Note that Nessus relies on the presence of the package as reported by the vendor.

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

  - A cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in TinyMCE 5.2.1 and earlier allows remote attackers to inject
    arbitrary web script when configured in classic editing mode. (CVE-2020-12648)

According to its self-reported version number, TinyMCE is prior to 4.9.11 or 5.x prior to 5.4.1. Therefore, it may be affected by a cross-site scripting vulnerability in the editor via the clipboard or APIs.

Note that the scanner has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

ID	Name	Product	Family	Type	Severity
260646	Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2020-12648	Nessus	Misc.	Local	medium
419527	SCA: security update for tinymce (GHSA-vrv8-v4w8-f95h)	Tenable Cloud Security	SCA Checks	Local	medium
419527	SCA: security update for tinymce (GHSA-vrv8-v4w8-f95h)	Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security	SCA Checks	Local	medium
112651	TinyMCE < 4.9.11 Cross-Site Scripting	Web App Scanning	Component Vulnerability	Version Based	medium
112572	TinyMCE 5.x < 5.4.1 Cross-Site Scripting	Web App Scanning	Component Vulnerability	Version Based	medium

Detections

Analytics

CVE-2020-12648

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Tenable Plugins

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