A cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability was discovered in the URL sanitization logic of the core parser. The vulnerability allowed arbitrary JavaScript execution when inserting a specially crafted piece of content into the editor using the clipboard or APIs. This impacts all users who are using TinyMCE 5.5.1 or lower.
This vulnerability has been patched in TinyMCE 5.6.0 by improved URL sanitization logic.
To work around this vulnerability, either:
- Upgrade to TinyMCE 5.6.0 or higher
- Manually sanitize iframe
, object
and embed
URL attributes using a TinyMCE node filter.
- Disable iframe
, object
, and embed
elements in your content using the invalid_elements setting.
editor.parser.addNodeFilter('iframe,object,embed', function(nodes) {
nodes.forEach(function(node) {
if (node.attributes) {
node.attributes.forEach(function(attr) {
var name = attr.name;
var value = attr.value;
// Sanitize the attribute value here or remove it entirely
var sanitizedValue = ...;
node.attr(name, santizedValue);
});
}
});
});
invalid_elements: 'iframe,object,embed'
Tiny Technologies would like to thank Aaron Bishop at SecurityMetrics for discovering this vulnerability.
https://www.tiny.cloud/docs/release-notes/release-notes56/#securityfixes
If you have any questions or comments about this advisory: * Open an issue in the TinyMCE repo * Email us at infosec@tiny.cloud
{ "nvd_published_at": null, "cwe_ids": [ "CWE-79" ], "severity": "MODERATE", "github_reviewed": true, "github_reviewed_at": "2021-01-06T19:27:46Z" }