Trix editor subject to XSS vulnerabilities on copy & paste

Description

The Trix editor, in versions prior to 2.1.9 and 1.3.3, is vulnerable to XSS + mutation XSS attacks when pasting malicious code.

Recommendation

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

• Affected version(s): **>= 1.0.0, < 1.3.3

  >= 2.0.0, < 2.1.9**

• Patched version(s): **1.3.3

  2.1.9**

References

• GHSA-6vx4-v2jw-qwqh
• CVE-2024-53847
• CWE-79
• CAPEC-310
• OWASP 2021-A3
• OWASP 2021-A6

Related Issues

• Trix has a stored XSS vulnerability through its attachment attribute - Vulnerability
• Astro's `X-Forwarded-Host` is reflected without validation - CVE-2025-61925
• Vite's `server.fs` settings were not applied to HTML files - CVE-2025-58752
• OpenPGP.js's message signature verification can be spoofed - CVE-2025-47934

Tags:

npm

trix