CVE-2020-17480 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

TinyMCE before 4.9.7 and 5.x before 5.1.4 allows XSS in the core parser, the paste plugin, and the visualchars plugin by using the clipboard or APIs to insert content into the editor.

Published: 2020-08-10

Score: 6.1 Medium

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:tiny:tinymce::::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:tiny:tinymce::::::::

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2020-0245	TinyMCE before 4.9.7 and 5.x before 5.1.4 allows XSS in the core parser, the paste plugin, and the visualchars plugin by using the clipboard or APIs to insert content into the editor.
Github GHSA	GHSA-27gm-ghr9-4v95	Cross-site scripting vulnerability in TinyMCE

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Changed

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact None

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00553.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
https://github.com/tinymce/tinymce/security/advisories/GHSA-27gm-ghr9-4v95
https://www.tiny.cloud/docs/release-notes/release-notes514/#securityfixes

History

No history.

Subscriptions

Tiny Tinymce

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2020-08-10T19:34:35.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-04T14:00:47.422Z

Reserved: 2020-08-10T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2020-17480

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2020-08-10T20:15:11.737

Modified: 2024-11-21T05:08:12.057

Link: CVE-2020-17480

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-79

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