CVE-2023-45818

Cross-site Scripting vulnerability in TinyMCE undo/redo, getContent API, resetContent API, and Autosave plugin

Published Oct 19, 2023 CVSS 3.1 · 6.1 Medium EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
Description
TinyMCE is an open source rich text editor. A mutation cross-site scripting (mXSS) vulnerability was discovered in TinyMCE’s core undo and redo functionality. When a carefully-crafted HTML snippet passes the XSS sanitisation layer, it is manipulated as a string by internal trimming functions before being stored in the undo stack. If the HTML snippet is restored from the undo stack, the combination of the string manipulation and reparative parsing by either the browser's native [DOMParser API](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/DOMParser) (TinyMCE 6) or the SaxParser API (TinyMCE 5) mutates the HTML maliciously, allowing an XSS payload to be executed. This vulnerability has been patched in TinyMCE 5.10.8 and TinyMCE 6.7.1 by ensuring HTML is trimmed using node-level manipulation instead of string manipulation. Users are advised to upgrade. There are no known workarounds for this vulnerability.

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EUVD EUVD EUVD-2023-2813 TinyMCE is an open source rich text editor. A mutation cross-site scripting (mXSS) vulnerability was discovered in TinyMCE’s core undo and redo functionality. When a carefully-crafted HTML snippet passes the XSS sanitisation layer, it is manipulated as a string by internal trimming functions before being stored in the undo stack. If the HTML snippet is restored from the undo stack, the combination of the string manipulation and reparative parsing by either the browser's native [DOMParser API](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/DOMParser) (TinyMCE 6) or the SaxParser API (TinyMCE 5) mutates the HTML maliciously, allowing an XSS payload to be executed. This vulnerability has been patched in TinyMCE 5.10.8 and TinyMCE 6.7.1 by ensuring HTML is trimmed using node-level manipulation instead of string manipulation. Users are advised to upgrade. There are no known workarounds for this vulnerability.
Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-v65r-p3vv-jjfv TinyMCE mXSS vulnerability in undo/redo, getContent API, resetContent API, and Autosave plugin
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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
GitHub_M
Published
Updated
Sep 12, 2024, 3:36 PM
Reserved
Oct 13, 2023, 12:00 PM
Status
Modified
Published
Oct 19, 2023, 10:15 PM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 6:29 AM