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Security checkMay 22, 2023

Cross-Site Scripting in react - react

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Medium severitynpmreact

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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**

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