Cross-site Scripting in React Draft Wysiwyg

Description

react-draft-wysiwyg (aka React Draft Wysiwyg) before 1.14.6 allows a javascript: URi in a Link Target of the link decorator in decorators/Link/index.js when a draft is shared across users, leading to XSS.

Recommendation

Update the react-draft-wysiwyg package to the latest compatible version. Followings are version details:

• Affected version(s): < 1.14.6
• Patched version(s): 1.14.6

References

• GHSA-qcg2-h349-vwm3
• CVE-2021-31712
• CWE-79
• CAPEC-310
• OWASP 2021-A3
• OWASP 2021-A6

Related Issues

• React Draft Wysiwyg Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) via the Embedded Button - CVE-2025-3191
• Cross-site scripting in react-bootstrap-table - CVE-2021-23398
• Cross-site scripting in anchorme - CVE-2021-23411
• Cross-Site Scripting in react - react - CVE-2013-7035

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Tags:

npm

react-draft-wysiwyg