CVE-2024-38357: Tinymce Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability

{
  "schema_version" : "1.4.0",
  "id" : "GHSA-w9jx-4g6g-rp7x",
  "modified" : "2024-07-05T21:37:05Z",
  "published" : "2024-06-19T15:07:03Z",
  "aliases" : [ "CVE-2024-38357" ],
  "summary" : "TinyMCE Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability using noscript elements",
  "details" : "### Impact\nA [cross-site scripting (XSS)](https://owasp.org/www-community/attacks/xss/) vulnerability was discovered in TinyMCE’s content parsing code. This allowed specially crafted noscript elements containing malicious code to be executed when that content was loaded into the editor.\n\n### Patches\nThis vulnerability has been patched in TinyMCE 7.2.0, TinyMCE 6.8.4 and TinyMCE 5.11.0 LTS by ensuring that content within noscript elements are properly parsed.\n\n### Fix\nTo avoid this vulnerability:\n\n* Upgrade to TinyMCE 7.2.0 or higher.\n* Upgrade to TinyMCE 6.8.4 or higher for TinyMCE 6.x.\n* Upgrade to TinyMCE 5.11.0 LTS or higher for TinyMCE 5.x (only available as part of commercial [long-term support](https://www.tiny.cloud/long-term-support/) contract).\n\n### Acknowledgements\nTiny thanks [Malav Khatri](https://malavkhatri.com/) and another reporter for their help identifying this vulnerability.\n\n### References\n* [TinyMCE 6.8.4](https://www.tiny.cloud/docs/tinymce/6/6.8.4-release-notes/#overview)\n* [TinyMCE 7.2.0](https://www.tiny.cloud/docs/tinymce/7/7.2-release-notes/#overview)\n\n### For more information\nIf you have any questions or comments about this advisory:\n\n* Email us at [infosec@tiny.cloud](mailto:infosec@tiny.cloud)\n* Open an issue in the [TinyMCE repo](https://github.com/tinymce/tinymce/issues?q=is%3Aissue+is%3Aopen+sort%3Aupdated-desc)\n",
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    "score" : "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N"
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    "type" : "CVSS_V4",
    "score" : "CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:L/SA:L"
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    "url" : "https://github.com/tinymce/tinymce/security/advisories/GHSA-w9jx-4g6g-rp7x"
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