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GHSA-v65r-p3vv-jjfv

GitHub Security Advisory

TinyMCE mXSS vulnerability in undo/redo, getContent API, resetContent API, and Autosave plugin

✓ GitHub Reviewed MODERATE Has CVE

Advisory Details

### Impact
A [mutation cross-site scripting](https://researchgate.net/publication/266654651_mXSS_attacks_Attacking_well-secured_web-applications_by_using_innerHTML_mutations) (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](https://www.tiny.cloud/docs/api/tinymce.html/tinymce.html.saxparser/) (TinyMCE 5) mutates the HTML maliciously, allowing an XSS payload to be executed.
​This vulnerability also impacts these related TinyMCE APIs and plugins:​
* [`tinymce.Editor.getContent({ format: 'raw' })`](https://tiny.cloud/docs/tinymce/6/apis/tinymce.editor/#getContent)
* [`tinymce.Editor.resetContent()`](https://tiny.cloud/docs/tinymce/6/apis/tinymce.editor/#resetContent)
* [Autosave Plugin](https://tiny.cloud/docs/tinymce/6/autosave/)

### Patches
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.

### Fix
To avoid this vulnerability:
* Upgrade to TinyMCE 5.10.8 or higher for TinyMCE 5.x.
* Upgrade to TinyMCE 6.7.1 or higher for TinyMCE 6.x.

### Acknowledgements
Tiny Technologies would like to thank Masato Kinugawa of [Cure53](https://cure53.de/) for discovering this vulnerability.

### References
* [TinyMCE 5.10.8 Release Notes](https://tiny.cloud/docs/release-notes/release-notes5108/)
* [TinyMCE 6.7.1 Release Notes](https://tiny.cloud/docs/tinymce/6/6.7.1-release-notes/)

### For more information
If you have any questions or comments about this advisory:
* Email us at <[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
Affected versions: 6.0.0 (fixed in 6.7.1)
NuGet TinyMCE
Affected versions: 6.0.0 (fixed in 6.7.1)
Packagist tinymce/tinymce
Affected versions: 6.0.0 (fixed in 6.7.1)
npm tinymce
Affected versions: 0 (fixed in 5.10.8)
NuGet TinyMCE
Affected versions: 0 (fixed in 5.10.8)
Packagist tinymce/tinymce
Affected versions: 0 (fixed in 5.10.8)

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Key Information

GHSA ID
GHSA-v65r-p3vv-jjfv
Published
October 19, 2023 4:36 PM
Last Modified
November 15, 2023 11:24 PM
CVSS Score
5.0 /10
Primary Ecosystem
npm
Primary Package
tinymce
GitHub Reviewed
✓ Yes

Dataset

Last updated: August 1, 2025 6:44 AM

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