Vulnerability · Published Oct 19, 2023 · Assigned by GitHub_M

CVE-2023-45819Cross-site Scripting vulnerability in TinyMCE notificationManager.open API

Medium 6.1

In plain English

A medium-severity cross-site scripting in tinymce from tinymce. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.6% (higher than 51% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.

Severity (CVSS 3.1)6.1Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.6%top 49.4% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

TinyMCE is an open source rich text editor. A cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability was discovered in TinyMCE’s Notification Manager API. The vulnerability exploits TinyMCE's unfiltered notification system, which is used in error handling. The conditions for this exploit requires carefully crafted malicious content to have been inserted into the editor and a notification to have been triggered. When a notification was opened, the HTML within the text argument was displayed unfiltered in the notification. The vulnerability allowed arbitrary JavaScript execution when an notification presented in the TinyMCE UI for the current user. This issue could also be exploited by any integration which uses a TinyMCE notification to display unfiltered HTML content. This vulnerability has been patched in TinyMCE 5.10.8 and TinyMCE 6.7.1 by ensuring that the HTML displayed in the notification is sanitized, preventing the exploit. Users are advised to upgrade. There are no known workarounds for this vulnerability.

Affected packages & fixed versions

EcosystemPackageFixed inAdvisory
NuGettinymce6.7.1GHSA-hgqx-r2hp-jr38
NuGettinymce5.10.8GHSA-hgqx-r2hp-jr38
Packagisttinymce/tinymce6.7.1GHSA-hgqx-r2hp-jr38
Packagisttinymce/tinymce5.10.8GHSA-hgqx-r2hp-jr38
npmtinymce6.7.1GHSA-hgqx-r2hp-jr38
npmtinymce5.10.8GHSA-hgqx-r2hp-jr38

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
tinymce tinymce < 5.10.8>= 6.0.0, < 6.7.1

Weakness: CWE-79 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

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