Cross-Site Scripting in bootstrap-select (GHSA-9r7h-6639-v5mw)

Description

Versions of bootstrap-select prior to 1.13.6 are vulnerable to Cross-Site Scripting (XSS). The package does not escape title values on <option> tags. This may allow attackers to execute arbitrary JavaScript in a victim’s browser.

Recommendation

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

• Affected version(s): < 1.13.6
• Patched version(s): 1.13.6

References

• GHSA-9r7h-6639-v5mw
• www.npmjs.com
• CWE-79
• OWASP 2021-A3

Related Issues

• Bootstrap Cross-site Scripting vulnerability (GHSA-7mvr-5x2g-wfc8) - CVE-2018-14042
• Cross-site scripting in bootstrap-select - CVE-2019-20921
• Bootstrap Cross-site Scripting vulnerability (GHSA-pj7m-g53m-7638) - CVE-2018-14041
• bootstrap Cross-site Scripting vulnerability (GHSA-ph58-4vrj-w6hr) - CVE-2018-20677

Tags:

npm

bootstrap-select