CVE-2020-17480

medium

Description

TinyMCE before 4.9.7 and 5.x before 5.1.4 allows XSS in the core parser, the paste plugin, and the visualchars plugin by using the clipboard or APIs to insert content into the editor.

References

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-27gm-ghr9-4v95

https://www.tiny.cloud/docs/release-notes/release-notes514/#securityfixes

https://github.com/tinymce/tinymce/security/advisories/GHSA-27gm-ghr9-4v95

https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2020-0245

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2020-08-10

Updated: 2026-06-17

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 4.3

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 6.1

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N