Cross-Site Scripting in swagger-ui (GHSA-mrx7-8hxf-f853)

Description

Affected versions of swagger-ui are vulnerable to cross-site scripting. This vulnerability exists because swagger-ui automatically executes external Javascript that is loaded in via the url query string parameter when a Content-Type: application/javascript header is included.

Recommendation

Update the swagger-ui package to the latest compatible version. Followings are version details:

• Affected version(s): < 2.2.1
• Patched version(s): 2.2.1

References

• GHSA-mrx7-8hxf-f853
• www.npmjs.com
• CVE-2016-1000233
• CWE-79
• CAPEC-310
• OWASP 2021-A3
• OWASP 2021-A6

Related Issues

• Cross-Site Scripting in swagger-ui (GHSA-7f59-x49p-v8mq) - CVE-2016-1000226
• Vite's `server.fs` settings were not applied to HTML files - CVE-2025-58752
• Spoofing attack in swagger-ui - CVE-2018-25031
• OpenPGP.js's message signature verification can be spoofed - CVE-2025-47934

Tags:

npm

swagger-ui