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CVE-2026-47762

Prior to 5.11.1, 7.9.3, and 8.5.1, there is a stored XSS vulnerability via forged mce:protected comments.

MEDIUM 5.4EPSS 0.28%

Does this matter?

Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.28%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.

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.

CVSS 3.1: 5.4 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
EPSS: 0.28% probability · 21th percentile
CISA KEV: Not listed
Weakness: CWE-79
Affected: tiny/tinymce
Source: security-advisories@github.com

References

https://github.com/tinymce/tinymce/security/advisories/GHSA-v98h-vmpc-fpqvVendor Advisory
https://www.tiny.cloud/docs/tinymce/7/7.9.3-release-notes/#overviewRelease Notes
https://www.tiny.cloud/docs/tinymce/8/8.5.1-release-notes/#overviewRelease Notes

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.