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Security checkMarch 26, 2024

TinyMCE Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in handling external SVG files through Object or Embed elements

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Medium severitynpmtinymce

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Description

A cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability was discovered in TinyMCE’s content loading and content inserting code. A SVG image could be loaded though an object or embed element and that image could potentially contain a XSS payload.

Recommendation

Update the tinymce package to the latest compatible version. Followings are version details:

  • Affected version(s): < 7.0.0
  • Patched version(s): 7.0.0

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