Impact TinyMCE 6.8.x contains an XSS vulnerability caused by improper SVG namespace scope handling in the sanitizer. A crafted payload using nested <svg> elements can bypass attribute sanitization and execute arbitrary JavaScript.

Patches This issue affects TinyMCE 6.8.x-7.0.x. The vulnerability is fixed in TinyMCE 7.1.0 and later.

Workarounds No official workaround available.

Acknowledgements Tiny thanks maple3142 (<https://maple3142.net>) of DEVCORE for their help identifying this vulnerability.

References Fix introduced in TinyMCE 7.1.0 though a rewrite of code causing the vulnerability.