Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) in Verdaccio

Description

What kind of vulnerability is it? Who is impacted?

Cross-Site Scripting XSS, malicious packages with content Javascript that might be executed in the User Interface stealing user credentials.

Recommendation

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

• Affected version(s): < 3.12.0
• Patched version(s): 3.12.0

References

• GHSA-78j5-gcmf-vqc8
• www.npmjs.com
• CVE-2019-14772
• CWE-79
• CAPEC-310
• OWASP 2021-A3
• OWASP 2021-A6

Related Issues

• Bootstrap Vulnerable to Cross-Site Scripting - CVE-2019-8331
• Layui cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability - CVE-2023-50550
• ghtml Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability - CVE-2024-37166
• @tiptap/extension-link vulnerable to Cross-site Scripting (XSS) - CVE-2025-14284

Tags:

npm

verdaccio