TinyMCE 5.x < 5.2.2 Cross-Site Scripting

medium Web App Scanning Plugin ID 112652

Synopsis

TinyMCE 5.x < 5.2.2 Cross-Site Scripting

Description

According to its self-reported version number, TinyMCE is prior to 4.9.10 or 5.x prior to 5.2.2. Therefore, it may be affected by a cross-site scripting vulnerability in the core parser and media plugin.

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

Solution

Upgrade to TinyMCE version 5.2.2 or later.

See Also

https://github.com/tinymce/tinymce/security/advisories/GHSA-c78w-2gw7-gjv3

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 112652

Type: remote

Published: 11/19/2020

Updated: 3/14/2023

Scan Template: basic, full, pci, scan

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.8

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2019-1010091

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.1

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2019-1010091

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:2.3:a:tiny:tinymce:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 7/17/2019

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/17/2019

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2019-1010091