GraphiQL introspection schema template injection attack

Description

This is a security advisory for an XSS vulnerability in graphiql.

A similar vulnerability affects graphql-playground, a fork of graphiql. There is a corresponding graphql-playground advisory and Apollo Server advisory.

Recommendation

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

• Affected version(s): >= 0.5.0, < 1.4.7
• Patched version(s): 1.4.7

References

• GHSA-x4r7-m2q9-69c8
• CVE-2021-41248
• CWE-79
• CAPEC-310
• OWASP 2021-A3
• OWASP 2021-A6

Related Issues

• react-dev-utils OS Command Injection in function `getProcessForPort` - CVE-2021-24033
• ejs template injection vulnerability - CVE-2022-29078
• Regular Expression Denial-of-Service in npm schema-inspector - CVE-2021-21267
• Command injection in launchpad - CVE-2021-23330

Tags:

npm

graphiql