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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• TinyMCE Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability using media plugin `data-mce-object` injection - CVE-2026-47761
• Cross-Site Scripting in sanitize-html - sanitize-html - GHSA-3j7m-hmh3-9jmp - CVE-2016-1000237
• VvvebJs Reflected Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability - CVE-2024-29271
• Cross-Site Scripting in c3 - CVE-2016-1000240

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pivottable