TinyMCE End of Life (EOL) Dates & Support Timeline
Complete end-of-life dates, support windows, and security status for all TinyMCE versions. Data sourced from endoflife.date and official vendor documentation. Updated at every deploy.
| Version | Latest Release | Release Date | EOL Date | Days | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | 5.10.9 | Feb 4, 2019 | Apr 20, 2023 | 1175 days past EOL | EOL |
| 6 | 6.8.6 | Mar 3, 2022 | Oct 31, 2024 | 615 days past EOL | EOL |
| 7 | 7.9.3 | Mar 20, 2024 | Nov 11, 2025 | 239 days past EOL | EOL |
| 8 | 8.7.0 | Jul 23, 2025 | TBD | Supported | Active |
TinyMCE lifecycle status — the real story
TinyMCE is one of the few JavaScript libraries with a formal, published lifecycle policy: each minor release is supported for 18 months, and security updates for the free open-source edition end roughly six months after the next major version ships. That policy has real teeth — TinyMCE 5 ended support April 20, 2023; open-source TinyMCE 6 ended October 31, 2024; and open-source TinyMCE 7 security support ended November 11, 2025, leaving 8.x as the only fully supported open-source line.
A rich-text editor is a high-exposure component — it processes untrusted HTML by design, making XSS-class vulnerabilities in EOL editor versions immediately relevant. TinyMCE's history includes multiple such advisories, so an EOL TinyMCE deserves a higher-than-average place on remediation lists.
Commercial customers have longer, paid support windows and LTS agreements, so the same version number can be supported or unsupported depending on license — worth checking before assuming exposure.
What does TinyMCE end of life mean for your organization?
When a version of TinyMCE reaches end of life, the maintainers stop issuing security patches. Vulnerabilities discovered after this date are publicly disclosed on the National Vulnerability Database, exploit code appears on GitHub, and your systems remain permanently exposed.
The CVE blind spot: Most vulnerability scanners check for known CVEs but do not flag the accumulation of unpatched vulnerabilities in EOL software. With a zero-day, nobody knows about the vulnerability. With EOL software, the vulnerability is public — listed, rated, and often weaponized — but no patch will ever exist. This is the most dangerous gap in enterprise security posture.
Organizations running EOL TinyMCE should treat it as a vulnerability class in their risk register, apply compensating controls (network segmentation, enhanced monitoring, access restriction), and prioritize migration to a supported version.
Extended Support Options
If you cannot migrate immediately, extended support vendors provide continued security patches for EOL TinyMCE versions. This is a bridge, not a permanent solution — plan your migration in parallel.
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