Bootstrap Cross-site Scripting vulnerability (GHSA-7mvr-5x2g-wfc8) 2

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 package to the latest compatible version. Followings are version details:

• Affected version(s): **>= 2.3.0, < 3.4.0

  >= 4.0.0, < 4.1.2**

• Patched version(s): **3.4.0

  4.1.2**

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) 2 - CVE-2018-20677
• Bootstrap Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability - CVE-2024-6531
• Vite has an `server.fs.deny` bypass with an invalid `request-target` - CVE-2025-32395
• bigint-buffer Vulnerable to Buffer Overflow via toBigIntLE() Function - CVE-2025-3194

Tags:

npm

bootstrap