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CVE-2024-38357
Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) in django-tinymce (CVE-2024-38357)
Summary
cross-site scripting in django-tinymce (CVE-2024-38357). Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure. Mitigation: upgrade to `4.1.0` or later.
AI summary snake-internal / snake-material-v2
A vulnerability tracked as **CVE-2024-38357** has been found in django-tinymce.
Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure. CVSS score: ?/10.
What to do: upgrade django-tinymce to **4.1.0** or later.
If unsure, ask your IT team or search "django-tinymce CVE-2024-38357" on the vendor's site.
CVE-2024-38357 (django-tinymce) — CWE-79 /
Attack vector: remote (network-reachable) / unauthenticated
Patched: `4.1.0` — apply immediately
Plan: 1) Audit SBOM/dependencies, 2) Stage→prod upgrade, 3) Add WAF/proxy monitoring on affected endpoints, 4) Hunt IOCs in logs.
Refs: see the GHSA / vendor advisory / patched release linked on this page.
❓ What is the problem
**Cross-site scripting (XSS)** (CWE-79) exists in django-tinymce.
📍 Affected scope
django-tinymce — .
🔥 Severity
Severity: ?. Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure
🔧 How to fix
Update to **4.1.0**.
🛡️ Workaround
Until the patch is applied: disable the affected feature, apply WAF rules, or restrict access via network ACLs.
🔍 Detection
Search webserver/proxy logs for unusual request patterns matching this CVE's known IOCs. Run `grep -r 'django-tinymce' .` against your dependency files (package-lock.json, requirements.txt, go.sum) to find affected services.
Response Actions (7 steps)
Concrete steps and command examples for SOC/SRE teams to execute in order
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1Identify exposure identify
grep -r 'django-tinymce' . | grep -v node_modulesリポジトリと本番環境の依存ファイル (package-lock.json / requirements.txt / go.sum / Gemfile.lock 等) で `django-tinymce` を grep し、稼働しているサービス・バージョンを把握する。
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6Apply patch patch
Upgrade django-tinymce to 4.1.0ステージング環境で 4.1.0 に上げて回帰テスト → 本番反映。回帰テストはアプリの主要ハッピーパスと、Step 3 で見つけた異常検知の続報チェックを含めること。
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7Post-deployment verification verify
Confirm patched version is live in productionパッチ適用後、ステージングで PoC または同等の悪用パターンを再現して脆弱性が閉じたことを確認。本番では Step 3 と同じログクエリでアラート再発が無いか継続監視。
Affected packages
PyPI
django-tinymce
[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"4.1.0"}]}]
npm
tinymce
[{"type":"SEMVER","events":[{"introduced":"7.0.0"},{"fixed":"7.2.0"}]}]
NuGet
TinyMCE
[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"7.0.0"},{"fixed":"7.2.0"}]}]
Packagist
tinymce/tinymce
[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"7.0.0"},{"fixed":"7.2.0"}]}]
References
- advisory https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-38357
- advisory https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-w9jx-4g6g-rp7x
- package https://github.com/tinymce/tinymce
- package https://pypi.org/project/django-tinymce
- web https://github.com/tinymce/tinymce/security/advisories/GHSA-w9jx-4g6g-rp7x
- web https://github.com/tinymce/tinymce/commit/5acb741665a98e83d62b91713c800abbff43b00d
- web https://github.com/tinymce/tinymce/commit/a9fb858509f86dacfa8b01cfd34653b408983ac0
- web https://owasp.org/www-community/attacks/xss
- web https://www.tiny.cloud/docs/tinymce/6/6.8.4-release-notes/#overview
- web https://www.tiny.cloud/docs/tinymce/7/7.2-release-notes/#overview