CVE-2024-38357

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Description

TinyMCE is an open source rich text editor. A cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability was discovered in TinyMCE’s content parsing code. This allowed specially crafted noscript elements containing malicious code to be executed when that content was loaded into the editor. This vulnerability has been patched in TinyMCE 7.2.0, TinyMCE 6.8.4 and TinyMCE 5.11.0 LTS by ensuring that content within noscript elements are properly parsed. Users are advised to upgrade. There are no known workarounds for this vulnerability.

References

https://www.tiny.cloud/docs/tinymce/7/7.2-release-notes/#overview

https://www.tiny.cloud/docs/tinymce/6/6.8.4-release-notes/#overview

https://owasp.org/www-community/attacks/xss

https://github.com/tinymce/tinymce/security/advisories/GHSA-w9jx-4g6g-rp7x

https://github.com/tinymce/tinymce/commit/5acb741665a98e83d62b91713c800abbff43b00d

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2024-06-19

Updated: 2024-06-20

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 6.4

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

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 6.1

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Severity: Medium

CVSS v4

Base Score: 5.3

Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:L/SA:L

Severity: Medium

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00352