CVE-2024-29881 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in tinymce/tinymce (composer), affecting versions < 7.0.0. It is fixed in 7.0.0.
Impact A cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability was discovered in TinyMCE’s content loading and content inserting code. A SVG image could be loaded though an object or embed element and that image could potentially contain a XSS payload. Fix TinyMCE 6.8.1 introduced a new convertunsafeembeds option to automatically convert object and embed elements respective of their type attribute. From TinyMCE 7.0.0 onwards, the convertunsafeembeds option is enabled by default. Workarounds If you are using TinyMCE 6.8.1 or higher, set convertunsafeembeds to true. For any earlier versions, a custom NodeFilter is recommended to remove or modify any object or embed elements. This can be added using the editor.parser.addNodeFilter and editor.serializer.addNodeFilter APIs. Acknowledgements Tiny Technologies would like to thank Toni Huttunen of Fraktal Oy for discovering this vulnerability. References TinyMCE 6.8.1 TinyMCE 7.0.0
Untrusted input is rendered as active markup in a victim's browser, which can run script in their session. Typical impact: session or credential theft, and actions taken as the user.
CVE-2024-29881 has a CVSS score of 4.3 (Medium). The vector is network-reachable, no privileges required, and user interaction required. A CVSS score reflects the worst-case severity of the vulnerability, not your specific exposure. Whether this affects your application depends on whether the vulnerable code is present and reachable in your environment.
A fixed version is available (7.0.0). Upgrading removes the vulnerable code path.
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tinymce/tinymce (< 7.0.0)npm
tinymce (< 7.0.0)nuget
TinyMCE (< 7.0.0)tinymce/tinymce → 7.0.0 (composer)tinymce → 7.0.0 (npm)TinyMCE → 7.0.0 (nuget)Severity tells you how bad this could be in the worst case. It does not tell you whether you are exposed. Exploitability and impact are functions of runtime truth: whether the vulnerable code is present, reachable, and actually executes in your application. A vulnerable package can sit in your dependency tree and never run.
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Upgrade the following packages to resolve this vulnerability:
tinymce/tinymce to 7.0.0 or latertinymce to 7.0.0 or laterTinyMCE to 7.0.0 or laterKodem Kai can prioritize this vulnerability in your dependency tree and generate a fix recommendation.
CVE-2024-29881 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in tinymce/tinymce (composer), affecting versions < 7.0.0. It is fixed in 7.0.0. Untrusted input is rendered as active markup in a victim's browser, which can run script in their session.
CVE-2024-29881 has a CVSS score of 4.3 (Medium). This score reflects the worst-case severity of the vulnerability, not your specific exposure. Whether it represents real risk in your environment depends on whether the vulnerable code is present and reachable.
tinymce/tinymce (composer) (versions < 7.0.0)tinymce (npm) (versions < 7.0.0)TinyMCE (nuget) (versions < 7.0.0)Yes. CVE-2024-29881 is fixed in 7.0.0. Upgrade to this version or later.
Whether CVE-2024-29881 is exploitable in your environment depends on whether the vulnerable code is present and reachable. A CVSS score is a worst-case rating; it does not account for your specific deployment, configuration, or usage patterns. Kodem, an Intelligent Application Security platform, uses runtime intelligence to show which vulnerabilities actually execute in production, so you can focus on the ones that represent real risk. Get a demo
Exploitability and impact are not fixed properties of a CVE. They depend on runtime truth: whether the vulnerable code is present, reachable, and actually executes in your application. A high CVSS score on a dependency that never runs is not the same as real risk. Kodem, an Intelligent Application Security platform, uses runtime intelligence to reveal which vulnerabilities actually execute in production, so teams prioritize the ones that genuinely matter.
tinymce/tinymce to 7.0.0 or latertinymce to 7.0.0 or laterTinyMCE to 7.0.0 or later