Cross-Site Scripting in react (GHSA-g53w-52xc-2j85)

Description

Affected versions of react are vulnerable to Cross-Site Scripting (XSS). The package fails to properly sanitize input used to create keys. This may allow attackers to execute arbitrary JavaScript if a key is generated from user input.

Recommendation

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

• Affected version(s): **>= 0.5.0, < 0.5.2

  >= 0.4.0, < 0.4.2**

• Patched version(s): **0.5.2

  0.4.2**

References

• GHSA-g53w-52xc-2j85
• reactjs.org
• snyk.io
• CVE-2013-7035
• CWE-79
• CAPEC-310
• OWASP 2021-A3
• OWASP 2021-A6

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Tags:

npm

react