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Security checkNovember 17, 2025

@dependencytrack/frontend vulnerable to Persistent Cross-Site-Scripting via welcome message

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Description

Since version 4.12.0, Dependency-Track users with the SYSTEM_CONFIGURATION permission can configure a “welcome message”, which is HTML that is to be rendered on the login page for branding purposes.

When rendering the welcome message, Dependency-Track versions before 4.13.

Recommendation

Update the @dependencytrack/frontend package to the latest compatible version. Followings are version details:

  • Affected version(s): >= 4.12.0, < 4.13.6
  • Patched version(s): 4.13.6

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