# CVE-2026-47762: TinyMCE Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability through `mce:protected` comments

> CVE-2026-47762: TinyMCE Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability through `mce:protected` comments. CVSS 8.7 (CVSS 3.1).

Canonical: https://rewindex.com/cve/CVE-2026-47762
Last updated: 2026-10-14T20:10:00Z

- Published: 2026-05-28 15:21 UTC · Updated: 2026-10-14 20:10 UTC · Assigner: GitHub\_M
- CVSS: 8.7 (CVSS 3.1) · Severity: High · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N
- EPSS: 0.28%, 20th percentile (scored 2026-10-25)
- CISA KEV: no
- CWE: CWE-79

## 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.

## Affected vendors and products

- tinymce: tinymce

## Tracked companies

- [Jira](https://rewindex.com/company/jira.md)

## References

- [CVE record on cve.org](https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-47762)
- [NVD entry](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-47762)
- [https://github.com/tinymce/tinymce/security/advisories/GHSA-v98h-vmpc-fpqv](https://github.com/tinymce/tinymce/security/advisories/GHSA-v98h-vmpc-fpqv)
- [https://www.tiny.cloud/docs/tinymce/7/7.9.3-release-notes/\#overview](https://www.tiny.cloud/docs/tinymce/7/7.9.3-release-notes/#overview)
- [https://www.tiny.cloud/docs/tinymce/8/8.5.1-release-notes/\#overview](https://www.tiny.cloud/docs/tinymce/8/8.5.1-release-notes/#overview)

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_Sources: CVE records from the CVE Program (cve.org). CVE® is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation. (https://www.cve.org/) This product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. (https://nvd.nist.gov/) Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog from CISA. (https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog) EPSS scores from FIRST (Exploit Prediction Scoring System). (https://www.first.org/epss/)_


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Canonical: https://rewindex.com/cve/CVE-2026-47762 · Markdown: https://rewindex.com/cve/CVE-2026-47762.md · JSON: https://rewindex.com/api/v1/cves/CVE-2026-47762 · Data licensed CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) · Generated 2026-10-26T02:47:11.235Z