Cross-Site Scripting in fileview

Description

All versions of fileview are vulnerable to Cross-Site Scripting (XSS). The package fails to sanitize filenames, allowing attackers to execute arbitrary JavaScript in the victim’s browser through files with names containing malicious code.

Recommendation

No fix is available yet. Followings are affected versions:

• <= 0.1.6

References

• GHSA-gvr4-7xgc-gx3w
• hackerone.com
• www.npmjs.com
• CVE-2019-15602
• CWE-79
• CAPEC-310
• OWASP 2021-A3
• OWASP 2021-A6

Related Issues

• Cross-Site Scripting in http-file-server - CVE-2019-5458
• Materialize-css vulnerable to Cross-site Scripting in autocomplete component - materialize-css - CVE-2019-11003
• Bootstrap Vulnerable to Cross-Site Scripting - CVE-2019-8331
• Cross-Site Scripting in @nuxt/devalue - CVE-2019-13506

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Tags:

npm

fileview