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Security Advisories: MDE2OlNlY3VyaXR5QWR2aXNvcnlHSFNBLTV2bTgtaGhnci1qY2pw
Cross-site scripting vulnerability in TinyMCE
Impact
A cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability was discovered in the URL sanitization logic of the core parser for form
elements. The vulnerability allowed arbitrary JavaScript execution when inserting a specially crafted piece of content into the editor using the clipboard or APIs, and then submitting the form. However, as TinyMCE does not allow forms to be submitted while editing, the vulnerability could only be triggered when the content was previewed or rendered outside of the editor. This impacts all users who are using TinyMCE 5.7.0 or lower.
Patches
This vulnerability has been patched in TinyMCE 5.7.1 by improved URL sanitization logic.
Workarounds
To work around this vulnerability, either:
- Upgrade to TinyMCE 5.7.1 or higher
- Manually sanitize
form
URL attributes using a TinyMCE node filter. - Disable
form
elements in your content using the invalid_elements setting.
Example: Sanitizing using a node filter
editor.parser.addNodeFilter('form', function(nodes) {
nodes.forEach(function(node) {
if (node.attributes) {
node.attributes.forEach(function(attr) {
var name = attr.name;
var value = attr.value;
// Sanitize the attribute value here or remove it entirely
var sanitizedValue = ...;
node.attr(name, santizedValue);
});
}
});
});
Example: Using invalid_elements
invalid_elements: 'form'
Acknowledgements
Tiny Technologies would like to thank Mikhail Khramenkov at Solar Security Research Team for discovering this vulnerability.
References
https://www.tiny.cloud/docs/release-notes/release-notes571/#securityfixes
For more information
If you have any questions or comments about this advisory:
- Open an issue in the TinyMCE repo
- Email us at [email protected]
JSON: https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories/MDE2OlNlY3VyaXR5QWR2aXNvcnlHSFNBLTV2bTgtaGhnci1qY2pw
Source: GitHub Advisory Database
Origin: Unspecified
Severity: Moderate
Classification: General
Published: almost 3 years ago
Updated: over 1 year ago
Identifiers: GHSA-5vm8-hhgr-jcjp
References:
- https://github.com/tinymce/tinymce/security/advisories/GHSA-5vm8-hhgr-jcjp
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-5vm8-hhgr-jcjp
Blast Radius: 0.0
Affected Packages
npm:tinymce
Dependent packages: 1,197Dependent repositories: 12,552
Downloads: 2,425,732 last month
Affected Version Ranges: < 5.7.1
Fixed in: 5.7.1
All affected versions: 4.0.25, 4.0.26, 4.0.27, 4.0.28, 4.1.0, 4.1.2, 4.1.3, 4.1.4, 4.1.5, 4.1.6, 4.1.7, 4.1.8, 4.1.9, 4.1.10, 4.2.0, 4.2.1, 4.2.2, 4.2.3, 4.2.4, 4.2.5, 4.2.6, 4.2.7, 4.2.8, 4.3.0, 4.3.1, 4.3.2, 4.3.3, 4.3.5, 4.3.6, 4.3.7, 4.3.8, 4.3.9, 4.3.10, 4.3.11, 4.3.12, 4.3.13, 4.4.0, 4.4.1, 4.4.2, 4.4.3, 4.5.0, 4.5.1, 4.5.2, 4.5.3, 4.5.4, 4.5.5, 4.5.6, 4.5.7, 4.5.8, 4.5.9, 4.5.10, 4.5.12, 4.6.0, 4.6.1, 4.6.2, 4.6.3, 4.6.4, 4.6.5, 4.6.6, 4.6.7, 4.7.0, 4.7.1, 4.7.2, 4.7.3, 4.7.4, 4.7.5, 4.7.6, 4.7.7, 4.7.8, 4.7.9, 4.7.10, 4.7.11, 4.7.12, 4.7.13, 4.8.0, 4.8.1, 4.8.2, 4.8.3, 4.8.4, 4.8.5, 4.9.0, 4.9.1, 4.9.2, 4.9.3, 4.9.4, 4.9.5, 4.9.6, 4.9.7, 4.9.8, 4.9.9, 4.9.10, 4.9.11, 5.0.0, 5.0.1, 5.0.2, 5.0.3, 5.0.4, 5.0.5, 5.0.6, 5.0.7, 5.0.8, 5.0.9, 5.0.10, 5.0.11, 5.0.12, 5.0.13, 5.0.14, 5.0.15, 5.0.16, 5.1.0, 5.1.1, 5.1.2, 5.1.3, 5.1.4, 5.1.5, 5.1.6, 5.2.0, 5.2.1, 5.2.2, 5.3.0, 5.3.1, 5.3.2, 5.4.0, 5.4.1, 5.4.2, 5.5.0, 5.5.1, 5.6.0, 5.6.1, 5.6.2, 5.7.0
All unaffected versions: 5.7.1, 5.8.0, 5.8.1, 5.8.2, 5.9.0, 5.9.1, 5.9.2, 5.10.0, 5.10.1, 5.10.2, 5.10.3, 5.10.4, 5.10.5, 5.10.6, 5.10.7, 5.10.8, 5.10.9, 6.0.0, 6.0.1, 6.0.2, 6.0.3, 6.1.0, 6.1.1, 6.1.2, 6.2.0, 6.3.0, 6.3.1, 6.3.2, 6.4.0, 6.4.1, 6.4.2, 6.5.0, 6.5.1, 6.6.0, 6.6.1, 6.6.2, 6.7.0, 6.7.1, 6.7.2, 6.7.3, 6.8.0, 6.8.1, 6.8.2, 6.8.3, 7.0.0, 7.0.1