6.1

CVE-2020-17480: tiny tinymce Cross-site Scripting

CVSS: 6.1v3.1MediumModified
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2020-17480GHSA-27gm-ghr9-4v95
Published 10-08-2020Last modified 04-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2020-17480 is a medium (CVSS 6.1) Cross-site Scripting vulnerability in tiny tinymce. EPSS estimates a 1.25% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 68.9% of scored vulnerabilities. 1 public exploit is recorded.

Overall risk
35/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
6.1/10
010
Medium · v3.1 (NVD)
EPSS score
1.25%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits1github

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 0 · Duplicates 1
CVE-2020-23066

Timeline

  1. 10-08-2020
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 04-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

TinyMCE before 4.9.7 and 5.x before 5.1.4 allows XSS in the core parser, the paste plugin, and the visualchars plugin by using the clipboard or APIs to insert content into the editor.

CVSS metrics

3 scores · 2 sources · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

1.25%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

69%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 1.25% on 20-09-2026

20-09-202620-10-2026
EPSS score
1.25%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

1 found
  • githubUnverified

    Tinymce

    Maturity: poc

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Npm1 product
  • tinymce< 4.9.7 | ≥ 5.0.0, < 5.1.4
Tiny1 product
  • tinymce< 4.9.7 | ≥ 5.0.0, < 5.1.4
Ubuntu1 product
  • tinymceAll versions (No fix recorded)

3 vendors · 3 products

References

7 links