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CVE-2026-47762
TinyMCE Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability through `mce:protected` comments
High8.7EPSS 0.28%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- GitHub_M
Description
TinyMCE is an open source rich text editor. Prior to 5.11.1, 7.9.3, and 8.5.1, there is a stored XSS vulnerability via forged mce:protected comments. Allows attackers to bypass sanitization and inject scripts that execute when content is restored. Impacts users who utilize the protect option. This vulnerability is fixed in 5.11.1, 7.9.3, and 8.5.1.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| GitHub_MCNA (assigner) | 3.1 | High8.7 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N |
| NVDNVD · Analyzed | 3.1 | Medium5.4 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.28% · top 79% of all CVEs (6 Nov 2026)
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical impact: total
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 8.7.
Weakness
Affected products
Affected packages
From reviewed advisories of the GitHub Advisory Database.
- NuGetTinyMCEGHSA-v98h-vmpc-fpqv (opens in a new tab)
- Packagisttinymce/tinymceGHSA-v98h-vmpc-fpqv (opens in a new tab)
- npmtinymceGHSA-v98h-vmpc-fpqv (opens in a new tab)
References (3)
- https://github.com/tinymce/tinymce/security/advisories/GHSA-v98h-vmpc-fpqv (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://www.tiny.cloud/docs/tinymce/7/7.9.3-release-notes/#overview (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISC
- https://www.tiny.cloud/docs/tinymce/8/8.5.1-release-notes/#overview (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISC
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisory GHSA-v98h-vmpc-fpqv (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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