Cross-site Scripting (XSS) Affecting tinymce package, versions *


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on Debian security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.88% (75th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN10-TINYMCE-608244
  • published22 Aug 2020
  • disclosed10 Aug 2020

Introduced: 10 Aug 2020

CVE-2020-17480  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-79  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for Debian:10 tinymce.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream tinymce package and not the tinymce package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:10 relevant fixed versions and status.

TinyMCE before 4.9.7 and 5.x before 5.1.4 allows XSS in the core parser, the paste plugin, and the visualchars plugin by using the clipboard or APIs to insert content into the editor.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1