Froala WYSIWYG editor allows cross-site scripting (XSS)

MEDIUM 6.1CVE-2024-51434 · GHSA-549p-5c7f-c5p4 · Published 07/11/2024 · updated 17/06/2026

In short

CVE-2024-51434 is a MEDIUM (CVSS 6.1) vulnerability affecting froala/wysiwyg-editor, froala-editor.
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 0.38%, higher than 31.5% of all vulnerabilities.
No patched version is listed yet: follow the vendor's advisory in References.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
froala/wysiwyg-editor Packagist	`≤ 4.3.0`	No fix yet
froala-editor npm	`≤ 4.3.0`	No fix yet

Inconsistent <plaintext> tag parsing allows for XSS in Froala WYSIWYG editor 4.3.0 and earlier.

NVD description

Inconsistent <plaintext> tag parsing allows for XSS in Froala WYSIWYG editor 4.3.0 and earlier.

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