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 unsanitized data-mce-* attributes (data-mce-href, data-mce-src, data-mce-style). Allows attackers to inject malicious values that override safe attributes during serialization, bypassing validation. This vulnerability is fixed in 5.11.1, 7.9.3, and 8.5.1.
History

Thu, 28 May 2026 15:30:00 +0000

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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 unsanitized data-mce-* attributes (data-mce-href, data-mce-src, data-mce-style). Allows attackers to inject malicious values that override safe attributes during serialization, bypassing validation. This vulnerability is fixed in 5.11.1, 7.9.3, and 8.5.1.
Title TinyMCE Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability using through data-mce- prefixed src, href, style attributes
Weaknesses CWE-79
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 8.7, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N'}


cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: GitHub_M

Published:

Updated: 2026-05-28T15:20:11.242Z

Reserved: 2026-05-19T22:36:16.881Z

Link: CVE-2026-47759

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-05-28T16:16:28.070

Modified: 2026-05-28T16:16:28.070

Link: CVE-2026-47759

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