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TinyMCE Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability using sanitization bypass through nested SVGs

Type: advisorySources: OSV

TinyMCE is an open source rich text editor. From 6.8.0 to before 7.1.0, TinyMCE contains an XSS vulnerability caused by improper SVG namespace scope handling in the sanitizer. A crafted payload using nested elements can bypass attribute sanitization and execute arbitrary JavaScript. This vulnerability is fixed in 7.1.0.

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CVEs
CVE-2026-47760
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5 Nov 2026, 06:02 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

TinyMCE Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability using sanitization bypass through nested SVGs

core-osv · Original source

Published 28 May 2026, 15:18 UTC

TinyMCE is an open source rich text editor. From 6.8.0 to before 7.1.0, TinyMCE contains an XSS vulnerability caused by improper SVG namespace scope handling in the sanitizer. A crafted payload using nested elements can bypass attribute sanitization and execute arbitrary JavaScript. This vulnerability is fixed in 7.1.0.

osv:CVE-2026-47760
Complete source record
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