CVE-2024-38357

Summary

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.

Affected Software

Weaknesses

• CWE-79: CWE-79: Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

ADP Enrichment

CISA ADP Vulnrichment

• SSVC:
• Exploitation: none
  • Automatable: no
  • Technical Impact: partial

CVE Program Container

Additional References

• https://github.com/tinymce/tinymce/security/advisories/GHSA-w9jx-4g6g-rp7x
• https://github.com/tinymce/tinymce/commit/5acb741665a98e83d62b91713c800abbff43b00d
• https://owasp.org/www-community/attacks/xss
• https://www.tiny.cloud/docs/tinymce/6/6.8.4-release-notes/#overview
• https://www.tiny.cloud/docs/tinymce/7/7.2-release-notes/#overview

References

• https://github.com/tinymce/tinymce/security/advisories/GHSA-w9jx-4g6g-rp7x
• https://github.com/tinymce/tinymce/commit/5acb741665a98e83d62b91713c800abbff43b00d
• https://owasp.org/www-community/attacks/xss
• https://www.tiny.cloud/docs/tinymce/6/6.8.4-release-notes/#overview
• https://www.tiny.cloud/docs/tinymce/7/7.2-release-notes/#overview

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