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Security checkAugust 15, 2024

Trix has a cross-site Scripting vulnerability on copy & paste

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Medium severitynpmtrix

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Description

The Trix editor, versions prior to 2.1.4, is vulnerable to XSS when pasting malicious code. This vulnerability is a bypass of the fix put in place for https://github.com/basecamp/trix/security/advisories/GHSA-qjqp-xr96-cj99. In https://github.com/basecamp/trix/pull/1149, we added sanitation for Trix attachments with a text/html content type.

Recommendation

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

  • Affected version(s): < 2.1.4
  • Patched version(s): 2.1.4

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