CVE-2024-21911 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

TinyMCE versions before 5.6.0 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 0.01585.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

Vendors	Products
Tiny Subscribe	Tinymce Subscribe

Configuration 1 [-]

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

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2021-0519	TinyMCE versions before 5.6.0 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.
Github GHSA	GHSA-w7jx-j77m-wp65	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-w7jx-j77m-wp65
https://github.com/tinymce/tinymce/security/advisories/GHSA-w7jx-j77m-wp65
https://vulncheck.com/advisories/vc-advisory-GHSA-w7jx-j77m-wp65
https://www.npmjs.com/package/tinymce
https://www.tiny.cloud/docs/release-notes/release-notes56/#securityfixes

History

Thu, 14 Nov 2024 19:15:00 +0000

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

Projects

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MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: VulnCheck

Published: 2024-01-03T15:59:00.305Z

Updated: 2025-11-28T15:49:48.340Z

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

Link: CVE-2024-21911

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-01T22:35:34.709Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2024-01-03T16:15:09.170

Modified: 2025-06-11T17:15:40.660

Link: CVE-2024-21911

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-79

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