Cross Site Scripting (XSS) in plotly.js

Description

Affected versions of plotly.js are vulnerable to cross-site scripting if an attacker can convince a user to visit a malicious plot on a site using this package.

Recommendation

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

• Affected version(s): < 1.16.0
• Patched version(s): 1.16.0

References

• GHSA-2fqv-h3r5-m4vf
• acloudtree.com
• www.npmjs.com
• help.plot.ly
• CVE-2017-1000006
• CWE-79
• CAPEC-310
• OWASP 2021-A3
• OWASP 2021-A6

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Tags:

npm

plotly.js