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CVE-2026-47762: tiny tinymce Cross-site Scripting

CVSS: 8.7v3.1HighAnalyzed
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2026-47762GHSA-v98h-vmpc-fpqv
Published 28-05-2026Last modified 28-05-2026
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2026-47762 is a high (CVSS 8.7) Cross-site Scripting vulnerability in tiny tinymce. EPSS estimates a 0.28% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 19.4% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
35/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
8.7/10
010
High · v3.1 (CVE.org)
EPSS score
0.28%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Timeline

  1. 28-05-2026
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 28-05-2026
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

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 via forged mce:protected comments. Allows attackers to bypass sanitization and inject scripts that execute when content is restored. Impacts users who utilize the protect option. This vulnerability is fixed in 5.11.1, 7.9.3, and 8.5.1.

CVSS metrics

5 scores · 5 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.28%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

19%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 0.28% on 20-09-2026

20-09-202620-10-2026
EPSS score
0.28%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Tinymce2 products
  • tinymce≤ 5.10.9 | ≥ 6.0.0, < 7.9.3 | ≥ 8.0.0, < 8.5.1
  • tinymce< 5.11.1 | ≥ 6.0.0, ≤ 6.8.6 | ≥ 7.0.0, < 7.9.3 | ≥ 8.0.0, < 8.5.1
Npm1 product
  • tinymce≤ 5.10.9 | ≥ 6.0.0, < 7.9.3 | ≥ 8.0.0, < 8.5.1
NuGet1 product
  • TinyMCE≤ 5.10.9 | ≥ 6.0.0, < 7.9.3 | ≥ 8.0.0, < 8.5.1
Tiny1 product
  • tinymce< 5.11.1 | ≥ 6.0.0, < 7.9.3 | ≥ 8.0.0, < 8.5.1
Ubuntu1 product
  • tinymceAll versions (No fix recorded)

5 vendors · 6 products

References

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