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Security checkOctober 10, 2023

Cross-Site Scripting in swagger-ui - swagger-ui

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High severitynpmswagger-ui

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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

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