CVE-2024-21910
MediumCVSS 6.1Exploitation Probability (EPSS)
Elevated risk57th percentile - higher than 57% of all known CVEs
Summary
An XSS vulnerability in TinyMCE before version 5.10.0 allows a remote, unauthenticated attacker to inject malicious JavaScript via crafted image or link URLs. The code executes in the browser of a user editing content.
Risk Assessment
An attacker could hijack user sessions, steal data, or perform unauthorized actions within the editor context, compromising content confidentiality and integrity.
Recommendation
Immediately update TinyMCE to version 5.10.0 or later, which includes a fix for this vulnerability.
Other vulnerabilities in TinyMCE
See all- CVE-2026-47762High
TinyMCE is an open source rich text editor that prior to versions 5.11.1, 7.9.3, and 8.5.1 had a stored XSS vulnerability via forged mce:protected comments. This allows attackers to bypass sanitization and inject scripts that execute when content is restored.
- CVE-2026-47760High
TinyMCE is an open source rich text editor that from versions 6.8.0 to before 7.1.0 contains an XSS vulnerability due to improper SVG namespace scope handling in the sanitizer. A crafted payload using nested elements can bypass attribute sanitization and execute arbitrary JavaScript.
- CVE-2026-47759High
TinyMCE is an open source rich text editor that prior to versions 5.11.1, 7.9.3, and 8.5.1 had a stored XSS vulnerability via unsanitized data-mce-* attributes. This allows attackers to inject malicious values that can override safe attributes during serialization.
- CVE-2024-21911Medium
Stored XSS vulnerability in TinyMCE before version 5.6.0. An unauthenticated remote attacker can inject crafted HTML into the editor, leading to arbitrary JavaScript execution in another user's browser.
- CVE-2024-21908Medium
Stored XSS vulnerability in TinyMCE before version 5.9.0. An unauthenticated remote attacker can inject crafted HTML into the editor, leading to arbitrary JavaScript execution in another user's browser.
Original NVD description (English source)
TinyMCE versions before 5.10.0 are affected by a cross-site scripting vulnerability. A remote and unauthenticated attacker could introduce crafted image or link URLs that would result in the execution of arbitrary JavaScript in an editing user's browser.
Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS