High 8.7Published May 28, 2026

CVE-2026-47761TinyMCE Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability using media plugin `data-mce-object` injection

Updated under an hour ago (Oct 28, 2026, 7:40 AM ET)

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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 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. This vulnerability is fixed in 5.11.1, 7.9.3, and 8.5.1.

CVSS: 8.7 HIGH (v3.1, CNA)CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N
Weakness (CWE): CWE-79
Known exploited: Not in CISA's KEV catalog
EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days): Not loaded for this CVE
Assigned by: GitHub_M
NVD analysis: Analyzed
Record last updated: May 28, 2026
First seen by InfoSec Signals: Oct 9, 2026

Affected products

Affected products

tinymce tinymce tinymce:tinymce (from the name)	before 5.11.1; from 6.0.0, <= 6.8.6; from 7.0.0, < 7.9.3; from 8.0.0, < 8.5.1	CNA record
tiny tinymce tiny:tinymce	before 5.11.1; from 6.0.0 before 7.9.3; from 8.0.0 before 8.5.1	NVD

References

References

https://github.com/tinymce/tinymce/security/advisories/GHSA-vg35-5wq7-3x7w	x-refsource-confirm, patch, vendor-advisory
https://www.tiny.cloud/docs/tinymce/7/7.9.3-release-notes/#overview	x-refsource-misc, release-notes
https://www.tiny.cloud/docs/tinymce/8/8.5.1-release-notes/#overview	x-refsource-misc, release-notes

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