Description

Trix is a what-you-see-is-what-you-get rich text editor for everyday writing. Versions prior to 2.1.15 are vulnerable to XSS attacks when pasting malicious code. An attacker could trick a user to copy and paste malicious code that would execute arbitrary JavaScript code within the context of the user's session, potentially leading to unauthorized actions being performed or sensitive information being disclosed. This issue has been patched in version 2.1.15.

Classification

CVE ID: CVE-2025-46812

CVSS Base Severity: LOW

CVSS Base Score: 2.0

CVSS Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N/E:P

Affected Products

Vendor: basecamp

Product: trix

Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)

EPSS Score: 0.06% (probability of being exploited)

EPSS Percentile: 19.61% (scored less or equal to compared to others)

EPSS Date: 2025-06-06 (when was this score calculated)

Stakeholder-Specific Vulnerability Categorization (SSVC)

SSVC Exploitation: none

SSVC Technical Impact: partial

SSVC Automatable: true

References

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-46812
https://github.com/basecamp/trix/security/advisories/GHSA-mcrw-746g-9q8h
https://github.com/basecamp/trix/commit/75226089646841b0f774d8b152e5ec27d2d9e191

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