Trix: Stored XSS via HTMLParser attribute injection on paste
The Trix editor, in versions prior to 2.1.18, is vulnerable to XSS when crafted HTML is pasted into the editor. The HTMLParser processed a mock attachment, a <span> carrying an empty data-trix-attachment="{}". The empty attachment object caused the element to bypass attachment handling, so its data-trix-attributes were applied to a plain string piece. The pre-2.1.18 StringPiece.fromJSON accepted the href without validation, so an attacker-supplied javascript: URI was carried into the …