Cross-site scripting in react-bootstrap-table

Description

All versions of package react-bootstrap-table are vulnerable to Cross-site Scripting (XSS) via the dataFormat parameter. The problem is triggered when an invalid React element is returned, leading to dangerouslySetInnerHTML being used, which does not sanitize the output.

Recommendation

No fix is available yet. Followings are affected versions:

• <= 4.3.1

References

• GHSA-2589-w6xf-983r
• snyk.io
• CVE-2021-23398
• CWE-79
• CAPEC-310
• OWASP 2021-A3
• OWASP 2021-A6

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Tags:

npm

react-bootstrap-table