CVE-2026-73427

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.

CVSS 4.0

2.1CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

EPSS

0.6% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 47% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-25)

CWE

CWE-79

Published

2026-08-12

Modified

2026-10-24

Record from

the NVD, synced 2026-10-24

Packages (OSV)

References

• https://github.com/basecamp/trix/commit/9c0a993d9fc2ffe9d56b013b030bc238f9c0557c
• https://github.com/basecamp/trix/pull/1293
• https://github.com/basecamp/trix/releases/tag/v2.1.18
• https://github.com/basecamp/trix/security/advisories/GHSA-53p3-c7vp-4mcc

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