GHSA-mh5m-5hw4-5c69

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Source
https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-mh5m-5hw4-5c69
Import Source
https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2026/06/GHSA-mh5m-5hw4-5c69/GHSA-mh5m-5hw4-5c69.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/GHSA-mh5m-5hw4-5c69
Aliases
  • CVE-2026-47760
Published
2026-06-05T20:09:38Z
Modified
2026-06-05T20:15:09.843992601Z
Severity
  • 8.7 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N CVSS Calculator
Summary
TinyMCE Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability using sanitization bypass through nested SVGs
Details

Impact

TinyMCE 6.8.x contains an XSS vulnerability caused by improper SVG namespace scope handling in the sanitizer. A crafted payload using nested <svg> elements can bypass attribute sanitization and execute arbitrary JavaScript.

Patches

This issue affects TinyMCE 6.8.x-7.0.x. The vulnerability is fixed in TinyMCE 7.1.0 and later.

Workarounds

No official workaround available.

Acknowledgements

Tiny thanks maple3142 (https://maple3142.net) of DEVCORE for their help identifying this vulnerability.

References

Fix introduced in TinyMCE 7.1.0 though a rewrite of code causing the vulnerability.

Database specific
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    "nvd_published_at": "2026-05-28T16:16:28Z",
    "github_reviewed_at": "2026-06-05T20:09:38Z",
    "github_reviewed": true,
    "severity": "HIGH",
    "cwe_ids": [
        "CWE-79"
    ]
}
References

Affected packages

npm / tinymce

Package

Affected ranges

Type
SEMVER
Events
Introduced
6.8.0
Fixed
7.1.0

Database specific

source
"https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2026/06/GHSA-mh5m-5hw4-5c69/GHSA-mh5m-5hw4-5c69.json"

NuGet / TinyMCE

Package

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
6.8.0
Fixed
7.1.0

Affected versions

6.*
6.8.0
6.8.1
6.8.2
6.8.3
6.8.4
6.8.5
6.8.6
7.*
7.0.0
7.0.1

Database specific

source
"https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2026/06/GHSA-mh5m-5hw4-5c69/GHSA-mh5m-5hw4-5c69.json"

Packagist / tinymce/tinymce

Package

Name
tinymce/tinymce
Purl
pkg:composer/tinymce%2Ftinymce

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
6.8.0
Fixed
7.1.0

Affected versions

6.*
6.8.0
6.8.1
6.8.2
6.8.3
6.8.4
6.8.5
6.8.6
7.*
7.0.0
7.0.1

Database specific

source
"https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2026/06/GHSA-mh5m-5hw4-5c69/GHSA-mh5m-5hw4-5c69.json"