Description
Trix is a what-you-see-is-what-you-get rich text editor for everyday writing. Prior to 2.1.18, Trix is vulnerable to cross-site scripting when a crafted application/x-trix-document JSON payload is dropped into an editor using the fallback Level0InputController, such as an embedded WebView without Input Events Level 2 support. The StringPiece.fromJSON method trusts href attributes from the JSON payload without sanitization, allowing a draggable element containing a javascript: URI to bypass DOMPurify sanitization and inject executable JavaScript into the DOM. Exploitation requires the victim to drag and drop attacker-controlled content, and server-side HTML sanitization can neutralize the payload on save. This issue is fixed in version 2.1.18.
Published: 2026-08-12
Score: 2.1 Low
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Advisories
Source ID Title
Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-53p3-c7vp-4mcc Trix is vulnerable to XSS through JSON deserialization bypass in drag-and-drop (Level0InputController)
History

Thu, 13 Aug 2026 15:30:00 +0000

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Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Wed, 12 Aug 2026 23:45:00 +0000

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First Time appeared Basecamp
Basecamp trix
Vendors & Products Basecamp
Basecamp trix

Wed, 12 Aug 2026 21:00:00 +0000

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Description Trix is a what-you-see-is-what-you-get rich text editor for everyday writing. Prior to 2.1.18, Trix is vulnerable to cross-site scripting when a crafted application/x-trix-document JSON payload is dropped into an editor using the fallback Level0InputController, such as an embedded WebView without Input Events Level 2 support. The StringPiece.fromJSON method trusts href attributes from the JSON payload without sanitization, allowing a draggable element containing a javascript: URI to bypass DOMPurify sanitization and inject executable JavaScript into the DOM. Exploitation requires the victim to drag and drop attacker-controlled content, and server-side HTML sanitization can neutralize the payload on save. This issue is fixed in version 2.1.18.
Title Trix: XSS via JSON deserialization bypass in drag-and-drop (Level0InputController)
Weaknesses CWE-79
References
Metrics cvssV4_0

{'score': 2.1, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N'}


cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: GitHub_M

Published:

Updated: 2026-08-13T13:51:28.767Z

Reserved: 2026-08-12T14:32:11.796Z

Link: CVE-2026-73427

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-08-13T13:51:23.635Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-08-12T21:17:41.613

Modified: 2026-08-13T15:20:14.620

Link: CVE-2026-73427

cve-icon Redhat

No data.

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-08-13T02:30:12Z

Weaknesses