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🛡️ GHSA-wqm8-jx8r-8rcq — admin

⚪ Unknown ✅ No Known Exploit OSV
N/A
CVSS Score
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Description

Cross-site scripting vulnerabilities in old version of bundled TinyMCE

An old version of TinyMCE include an XSS vulnerability, which was patched in a later version. This was described by TinyMCE:

> A cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability was discovered in the core parser. The vulnerability allowed arbitrary JavaScript execution when inserting a specially crafted piece of content into the editor via the clipboard or APIs. This impacts all users who are using TinyMCE 4.9.10 or lower and TinyMCE 5.4.0 or lower.

We reviewed the potential impact of this vulnerability within the context of Silverstripe CMS. We concluded this is a medium impact vulnerability given how TinyMCE is used by Silverstripe CMS.

Reported by: Developers at ACC

How this vulnerability can be exploited

This issue can be reached over the network, attack complexity is low, an attacker needs no privileges on the target. A user must be tricked into taking some action. The scope is unchanged, so the impact stays within the vulnerable component. Rated impact: confidentiality low, integrity low, availability none.

Affected software

GHSA-wqm8-jx8r-8rcq is recorded against 1 package.

  • silverstripe/admin (fixed in 1.12.7)

Timeline and source

Published on 26 April 2023 and last revised on 4 December 2024. No public exploit is currently recorded for this entry. Record sourced from OSV.

References

github.com (Web)
github.com (Web)
github.com (Advisory)
github.com (Package)
www.silverstripe.org (Web)
www.tiny.cloud (Web)

Details

Severity Unknown
CVSS Score N/A
CVSS Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
CWE N/A
Public Exploit ✅ No
Source OSV
Published 2023-04-26
Updated 2026-08-20
Modified 2024-12-04
Fix URL N/A

Affected Packages

Software From version Fixed in
silverstripe/admin — 1.12.7

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