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Security checkSeptember 14, 2023

DataTable Vulnerable to Cross-Site Scripting

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High severitynpmdatatables

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Description

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the DataTables plugin 1.10.8 and earlier for jQuery allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the scripts parameter to media/unit_testing/templates/6776.php.

Recommendation

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

  • Affected version(s): < 1.10.10
  • Patched version(s): 1.10.10

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