CVE-2024-21908 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

TinyMCE versions before 5.9.0 are affected by a stored cross-site scripting vulnerability. An unauthenticated and remote attacker could insert crafted HTML into the editor resulting in arbitrary JavaScript execution in another user's browser.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Changed

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact None

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00365.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

Vendors	Products
Tiny	Tinymce

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:tiny:tinymce:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
Github GHSA	GHSA-5h9g-x5rv-25wg	Cross-site scripting vulnerability in TinyMCE

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-5h9g-x5rv-25wg
https://github.com/tinymce/tinymce/security/advisories/GHSA-5h9g-x5rv-25wg
https://vulncheck.com/advisories/vc-advisory-GHSA-5h9g-x5rv-25wg
https://www.tiny.cloud/docs/release-notes/release-notes59/#securityfixes

History

Thu, 17 Apr 2025 19:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: VulnCheck

Published: 2024-01-03T15:38:09.664Z

Updated: 2025-04-17T18:36:43.163Z

Reserved: 2024-01-03T14:21:17.583Z

Link: CVE-2024-21908

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-01T22:35:33.402Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2024-01-03T16:15:08.913

Modified: 2025-04-17T19:15:58.860

Link: CVE-2024-21908

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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