Bootstrap vulnerable to Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)

Description

In Bootstrap starting in version 2.3.0 and prior to 3.4.0, as well as 4.x before 4.1.2, XSS is possible in the collapse data-parent attribute.

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-3wqf-4x89-9g79
• lists.apache.org
• lists.debian.org
• seclists.org
• www.oracle.com
• www.tenable.com
• packetstormsecurity.com
• blog.getbootstrap.com
• CVE-2018-14040
• CWE-79
• CAPEC-310
• OWASP 2021-A3
• OWASP 2021-A6

Related Issues

• @tiptap/extension-link vulnerable to Cross-site Scripting (XSS) - CVE-2025-14284
• Bootstrap Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability - CVE-2024-6531
• jsondiffpatch is vulnerable to Cross-site Scripting (XSS) via HtmlFormatter::nodeBegin - CVE-2025-9910
• vue-template-compiler vulnerable to client-side Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) - CVE-2024-6783

Tags:

npm

bootstrap