TinyMCE Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability using sanitization bypass through nested SVGs
### 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.
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| ID | severity | exploitable | ||
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| CVE-2026-47760US | medium5.4 | — | ||
TinyMCE is an open source rich text editor. From 6.8.0 to before 7.1.0, TinyMCE contains an XSS vulnerability caused by improper SVG namespace scope handling in the sanitizer. A cr… | ||||
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