CVE-2026-47762 PUBLISHED

TinyMCE Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability through `mce:protected` comments

Assigner: GitHub_M
Reserved: 19.05.2026 Published: 28.05.2026 Updated: 28.05.2026

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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.1

CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N
CVSS Score: 8.7

Attack Vector	Network	Scope	Changed
Attack Complexity	Low	Confidentiality Impact	High
Privileges Required	Low	Integrity Impact	High
User Interaction	Required	Availability Impact	None

CVSS 3.1

Product Status

Vendor	tinymce
Product	tinymce
Versions	Version < 5.11.1 is affected Version >= 6.0.0, <= 6.8.6 is affected Version >= 7.0.0, < 7.9.3 is affected Version >= 8.0.0, < 8.5.1 is affected

References

Problem Types

CWE-79: Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') CWE