Trix Editor Arbitrary Code Execution Vulnerability

Description

The Trix editor, versions prior to 2.1.1, is vulnerable to arbitrary code execution when copying and pasting content from the web or other documents with markup into the editor.

Recommendation

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

• Affected version(s): **>= 0.9.0, < 1.3.2

  >= 2.0.0, < 2.1.1**

• Patched version(s): **1.3.2

  2.1.1**

References

• GHSA-qjqp-xr96-cj99
• discuss.rubyonrails.org
• rubyonrails.org
• CVE-2024-34341
• CWE-79
• CAPEC-310
• OWASP 2021-A3
• OWASP 2021-A6

Related Issues

• Prototype Pollution in lodash (GHSA-p6mc-m468-83gw) - CVE-2020-8203
• Cross-site Scripting (XSS) in serialize-javascript - CVE-2024-11831
• Trix vulnerable to Cross-site Scripting on copy & paste - CVE-2025-46812
• QMarkdown Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability - CVE-2025-43954

Tags:

npm

trix