GHSA-r8hm-w5f7-wj39

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    GHSA-r8hm-w5f7-wj39

    Published: 2 Nov 2021Last Modified: 8 Jul 2026

    Summary: Cross-site scripting vulnerability in TinyMCE plugins

    Details: ### Impact A cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability was discovered in the URL processing logic of the `image` and `link` plugins. The vulnerability allowed arbitrary JavaScript execution when updating an image or link using a specially crafted URL. This issue only impacted users while editing and the dangerous URLs were stripped in any content extracted from the editor. This impacts all users who are using TinyMCE 5.9.2 or lower. ### Patches This vulnerability has been patched in TinyMCE 5.10.0 by improved sanitization logic when updating URLs in the relevant plugins. ### Workarounds To work around this vulnerability, either: - Upgrade to TinyMCE 5.10.0 or higher - Disable the `image` and `link` plugins ### Acknowledgements Tiny Technologies would like to thank Yakir6 for discovering this vulnerability. ### References https://www.tiny.cloud/docs/release-notes/release-notes510/#securityfixes ### 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)

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: tinymce

    Purl: pkg:npm/tinymce

    Affected ranges

    Type: SEMVER

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -5.10.0

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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