GHSA-mh5m-5hw4-5c69Published

TinyMCE Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability using sanitization bypass through nested SVGs

Exact source revision recorded 23 Oct 2026 16:01:25 UTC. It does not establish the source's current position. Latest evidence.

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osv · GHSA-mh5m-5hw4-5c69

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### 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://github.com/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.

Source published: 5 Jun 2026 20:09:38 UTC
Source modified: 10 Sep 2026 03:51:09 UTC
Observed here: 23 Oct 2026 16:01:25 UTC
Source terms: GitHub Advisory Database · CC-BY-4.0

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CVSS_V3 · CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N

Publisher rating · HIGH