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Security checkAugust 16, 2023

@excalidraw/excalidraw Cross-site Scripting vulnerability

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Medium severitynpm@excalidraw/excalidraw

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Description

XSS vulnerability due to improperly sanitizing URLs of links that can be attached on canvas elements. This affects users of the npm package @excalidraw/excalidraw provided it was deployed in environments where untrusted user input in drawings that are then shared with third parties is a concern.

Recommendation

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

  • Affected version(s): < 0.15.3
  • Patched version(s): 0.15.3

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