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GHSA-87mg-h5r3-hw88 json

Cross-Site Scripting in bootbox

published 7y ago modified 5y ago

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not in CISA's catalog
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no score, EPSS covers CVEs only
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

All version of `bootbox` are vulnerable to Cross-Site Scripting. The package does not sanitize user input in the provided dialog boxes, allowing attackers to inject HTML code and execute arbitrary JavaScript.

## Recommendation

Sanitize user input being passed to `bootbox` or consider using an alternative package.

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Affected packages

ecosystem package affected fixed in
npm bootbox
<=5.5.2
 no fix listed

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-64 Windows Shortcut Following (.LNK)
  • CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation

References

Sources

Fencer Intel keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.