Advisories for Npm/Trix package

2025

Trix vulnerable to Cross-site Scripting on copy & paste

The Trix editor, in versions prior to 2.1.15, is 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.

2024

Trix has a cross-site Scripting vulnerability on copy & paste

The Trix editor, versions prior to 2.1.4, is vulnerable to XSS when pasting malicious code. This vulnerability is a bypass of the fix put in place for https://github.com/basecamp/trix/security/advisories/GHSA-qjqp-xr96-cj99. In https://github.com/basecamp/trix/pull/1149, we added sanitation for Trix attachments with a text/html content type. However, Trix only checks the content type on the paste event's dataTransfer object. As long as the dataTransfer has a content type of text/html, Trix parses its contents and …

Trix Editor Arbitrary Code Execution Vulnerability

The Trix editor, versions prior to 2.1.1, is vulnerable to arbitrary code execution when copying and pasting content from the web or other documents with markup into the editor. The vulnerability stems from improper sanitization of pasted content, allowing an attacker to embed malicious scripts which are executed within the context of the application. Vulnerable Versions: Up to 2.1.0 Fixed Version: 2.1.1 Vector: Bug 1: When copying content manipulated by …