Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) in pivottable

Description

Affected versions of pivottable are vulnerable to cross-site scripting, due to a new mechanism used to render JSON elements.

Recommendation

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

• Affected version(s): >= 1.4.0, < 2.0.0
• Patched version(s): 2.0.0

References

• GHSA-cjj8-wfrx-jqcf
• www.npmjs.com
• CVE-2016-1000241
• CWE-79
• CAPEC-310
• OWASP 2021-A3
• OWASP 2021-A6

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• Bootstrap Cross-site Scripting vulnerability - CVE-2016-10735
• WordPress Akal Theme Cross Site Scripting - CVE-2016-10957

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pivottable