Medium severity · published Mar 26, 2024
CVE-2024-29881
TinyMCE Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in handling external SVG files through Object or Embed elements
6.1
CVSS
0.7%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
TinyMCE is an open source rich text editor. A cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability was discovered in TinyMCE’s content loading and content inserting code. A SVG image could be loaded though an `object` or `embed` element and that image could potentially contain a XSS payload. This vulnerability is fixed in 6.8.1 and 7.0.0.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
Low
Availability
None
Scope
Changed
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.7% · higher than 54% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
TI
tinymce · tinymce
< 7.0.0 · source: vendor, NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-29881
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-29881
Patch
https://github.com/tinymce/tinymce/commit/bcdea2ad14e3c2cea40743fb48c63bba067ae6d1
Vendor Advisory
https://github.com/tinymce/tinymce/security/advisories/GHSA-5359-pvf2-pw78
Release Notes
https://www.tiny.cloud/docs/tinymce/6/6.8.1-release-notes/#new-convert_unsafe_embeds-option-that-controls-whether-object-and-embed-elements-will-be-converted-to-more-restrictive-alternatives-namely-img-for-image-mime-types-video-for-video-mime-types-audio-audio-mime-types-or-iframe-for-other-or-unspecified-mime-types
Release Notes
https://www.tiny.cloud/docs/tinymce/7/7.0-release-notes/#convert_unsafe_embeds-editor-option-is-now-defaulted-to-true
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