CVE-2024-21910 | Cross-site scripting vulnerability in TinyMCE plugins

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TinyMCE versions before 5.10.0 are affected by a cross-site scripting vulnerability. A remote and unauthenticated attacker could introduce crafted image or link URLs that would result in the execution of arbitrary JavaScript in an editing user's browser.

Published: 2024-01-03 Last update: 2025-11-28 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2024-21910 is rated High Exploit Risk (71.3/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 4.08%). 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

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Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2024-21910

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
— nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2024-21910

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-04-26 3.16% 4.08% +0.92%
2 2026-04-25 1.58% 3.16% +1.59%
3 2026-01-21 — 1.58% —

Full EPSS history (18 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2024-21910

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
6.1 3.1 MEDIUM
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:N)
Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network—not just someone sitting at the machine.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:N)
No account or special rights needed—anonymous or random user is enough.
User interaction (UI:R)
A real person has to do something—click, install, enable—otherwise it doesn’t land.
Scope (S:C)
Breaking this can reach past the original component and bite other resources—bigger blast radius.
Confidentiality (C:L)
Some sensitive info could get out, but not a total data dump.
Integrity (I:L)
Attackers could change some data, but it’s limited—not everything goes.
Availability (A:N)
Service keeps running; no real outage angle.
 2.8 2.7 [email protected]
6.1 3.1 MEDIUM
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:N)
Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network—not just someone sitting at the machine.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:N)
No account or special rights needed—anonymous or random user is enough.
User interaction (UI:R)
A real person has to do something—click, install, enable—otherwise it doesn’t land.
Scope (S:C)
Breaking this can reach past the original component and bite other resources—bigger blast radius.
Confidentiality (C:L)
Some sensitive info could get out, but not a total data dump.
Integrity (I:L)
Attackers could change some data, but it’s limited—not everything goes.
Availability (A:N)
Service keeps running; no real outage angle.
 2.8 2.7 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2024-21910

GitHub Security Advisory for CVE-2024-21910

GHSA-r8hm-w5f7-wj39 · Severity: medium · Ecosystem: npm — Cross-site scripting vulnerability in TinyMCE plugins

OS Trackers for CVE-2024-21910

vendor priority summary link
ubuntu medium CVE-2024-21910 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (tinymce), 12 status rows across 12 suites (bionic, focal, jammy, lunar, mantic, noble, oracular, plucky, questing, trusty, upstream, xenial): DNE 7, needs-triage 4, ignored 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2024-21910

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2024-21910

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
tiny tinymce < 5.10.0 cpe:2.3:a:tiny:tinymce:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2024-21910

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