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CVE-2024-38357

MEDIUM
Published 2024-06-19T20:03:49.806Z
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CVSS Score

V3.1
6.1
/10
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Base Score Metrics
Exploitability: N/A Impact: N/A

EPSS Score

v2025.03.14
0.002
probability
of exploitation in the wild

There is a 0.2% chance that this vulnerability will be exploited in the wild within the next 30 days.

Updated: 2025-06-25
Exploit Probability
Percentile: 0.426
Higher than 42.6% of all CVEs

Attack Vector Metrics

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
CHANGED

Impact Metrics

Confidentiality
LOW
Integrity
LOW
Availability
NONE

Description

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.

Available Exploits

No exploits available for this CVE.

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Affected Products

GitHub Security Advisories

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TinyMCE Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability using noscript elements

GHSA-w9jx-4g6g-rp7x

Advisory Details

### Impact A [cross-site scripting (XSS)](https://owasp.org/www-community/attacks/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. ### Patches 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. ### Fix To avoid this vulnerability: * Upgrade to TinyMCE 7.2.0 or higher. * Upgrade to TinyMCE 6.8.4 or higher for TinyMCE 6.x. * Upgrade to TinyMCE 5.11.0 LTS or higher for TinyMCE 5.x (only available as part of commercial [long-term support](https://www.tiny.cloud/long-term-support/) contract). ### Acknowledgements Tiny thanks [Malav Khatri](https://malavkhatri.com/) and another reporter for their help identifying this vulnerability. ### References * [TinyMCE 6.8.4](https://www.tiny.cloud/docs/tinymce/6/6.8.4-release-notes/#overview) * [TinyMCE 7.2.0](https://www.tiny.cloud/docs/tinymce/7/7.2-release-notes/#overview) ### For more information If you have any questions or comments about this advisory: * Email us at [[email protected]](mailto:[email protected]) * Open an issue in the [TinyMCE repo](https://github.com/tinymce/tinymce/issues?q=is%3Aissue+is%3Aopen+sort%3Aupdated-desc)

Affected Packages

npm tinymce
ECOSYSTEM: ≥0 <5.11.0
NuGet TinyMCE
ECOSYSTEM: ≥0 <5.11.0
Packagist tinymce/tinymce
ECOSYSTEM: ≥0 <5.11.0
npm tinymce
ECOSYSTEM: ≥6.0.0 <6.8.4
npm tinymce
ECOSYSTEM: ≥7.0.0 <7.2.0
NuGet TinyMCE
ECOSYSTEM: ≥6.0.0 <6.8.4
NuGet TinyMCE
ECOSYSTEM: ≥7.0.0 <7.2.0
Packagist tinymce/tinymce
ECOSYSTEM: ≥6.0.0 <6.8.4
Packagist tinymce/tinymce
ECOSYSTEM: ≥7.0.0 <7.2.0
PyPI django-tinymce
ECOSYSTEM: ≥0 <4.1.0

CVSS Scoring

CVSS Score

5.0

CVSS Vector

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

Advisory provided by GitHub Security Advisory Database. Published: June 19, 2024, Modified: July 5, 2024

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Published: 2024-06-19T20:03:49.806Z
Last Modified: 2024-08-02T04:04:25.258Z
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