CVE-2026-47761HIGHCVSS 8.7

TinyMCE Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability using media plugin `data-mce-object` injection

Published Jun 5, 2026·Updated Jun 30, 2026

Description

### Impact Stored XSS vulnerability in the media plugin. Attackers can inject malicious scripts via crafted `data-mce-*` attributes, which are executed when content is rendered. Impacts users of TinyMCE with the media plugin enabled. ### Patches This vulnerability has been patched in TinyMCE 8.5.1, TinyMCE 7.9.3 and TinyMCE 5.11.1 LTS by ensuring that, when using the media plugin, any content with `data-mce-object` and `data-mce-p-*` attributes are properly sanitized. ### Workarounds No official workaround available. ### Fix To avoid this vulnerability: - Upgrade to TinyMCE 8.5.1 or higher. - Upgrade to TinyMCE 7.9.3 or higher. - Upgrade to TinyMCE 5.11.1 LTS or higher for TinyMCE 5.x (only available as part of commercial [long-term support](https://www.tiny.cloud/long-term-support/) contract). ### Acknowledgements Tiny thanks [Aymane MAZGUITI](https://github.com/UncleJ4ck) and [Ange Primiterra](https://github.com/ange-primiterra) for their help identifying this vulnerability.

Affected Packages (3)

tinymceNPM
From 6.0.0
Fixed in 7.9.3
TinyMCENUGET
From 6.0.0
Fixed in 7.9.3
tinymce/tinymceCOMPOSER
From 6.0.0
Fixed in 7.9.3

CVSS Vector

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

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