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.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| tinymce | tinymce | < 5.10.8, >= 6.0.0, < 6.7.1 | — |
Fixed in Linux distributions
Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.
Ubuntu
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu 20.04 LTS | tinymce | No fix yet | — |
| Ubuntu 18.04 LTS | tinymce | No fix yet | — |
| Ubuntu 16.04 LTS | tinymce | No fix yet | — |
Affected packages
| Ecosystem | Package | Affected | Fixed | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| npm | tinymce | >= 6.0.0, < 6.7.1 | 6.7.1 | GHSA-v65r-p3vv-jjfv |
| npm | tinymce | < 5.10.8 | 5.10.8 | GHSA-v65r-p3vv-jjfv |
| NuGet | TinyMCE | >= 6.0.0, < 6.7.1 | 6.7.1 | GHSA-v65r-p3vv-jjfv |
| NuGet | TinyMCE | < 5.10.8 | 5.10.8 | GHSA-v65r-p3vv-jjfv |
| Packagist | tinymce/tinymce | >= 6.0.0, < 6.7.1 | 6.7.1 | GHSA-v65r-p3vv-jjfv |
| Packagist | tinymce/tinymce | < 5.10.8 | 5.10.8 | GHSA-v65r-p3vv-jjfv |
Advisories 1
- WID-SEC-2024-0405 IBM Maximo Asset Management: Mehrere Schwachstellen ermöglichen Cross-Site Scripting BSI CERT-Bund (WID) · Feb 15, 2024
References
- https://github.com/tinymce/tinymce/security/advisories/GHSA-v65r-p3vv-jjfv
- https://researchgate.net/publication/266654651_mXSS_attacks_Attacking_well-secured_web-applications_by_using_innerHTML_mutations
- https://tiny.cloud/docs/release-notes/release-notes5108/#securityfixes
- https://tiny.cloud/docs/tinymce/6/6.7.1-release-notes/#security-fixes
- https://www.tiny.cloud/docs/api/tinymce.html/tinymce.html.saxparser/