CVE-2024-38357 MEDIUM

CVE-2024-38357: TinyMCE Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability using noscript elements

Vendor Tinymce
Product tinymce
Weakness CWE-79 · XSS
Published June 19, 2024
Last update August 2, 2024
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CVSS base score

6.1/10
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction Required
Confidentiality Low
Integrity Low

CVSS vector

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

What the vulnerability does

01Description

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.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

June 19, 2024 CVE published
August 2, 2024 Record updated