Bootstrap Cross-site Scripting vulnerability (GHSA-7mvr-5x2g-wfc8)

Description

In Bootstrap starting in version 2.3.0 and prior to versions 3.4.0 and 4.1.2, XSS is possible in the data-container property of tooltip. This is similar to CVE-2018-14041.

Recommendation

Update the bootstrap-sass package to the latest compatible version. Followings are version details:

• Affected version(s): >= 2.0.4, < 3.4.0
• Patched version(s): 3.4.0

References

• GHSA-7mvr-5x2g-wfc8
• lists.apache.org
• seclists.org
• www.oracle.com
• packetstormsecurity.com
• www.tenable.com
• blog.getbootstrap.com
• CVE-2018-14042
• CWE-79
• CAPEC-310
• OWASP 2021-A3
• OWASP 2021-A6

Related Issues

• bootstrap Cross-site Scripting vulnerability (GHSA-ph58-4vrj-w6hr) - CVE-2018-20677
• Marked allows Regular Expression Denial of Service (ReDoS) attacks - CVE-2018-25110
• tarteaucitron.js allows url scheme injection via unfiltered inputs - CVE-2025-31476
• Linkify Allows Prototype Pollution & HTML Attribute Injection (XSS) - CVE-2025-8101

Tags:

npm

bootstrap-sass