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Security checkFebruary 01, 2023

Improper Neutralization of Input in Theia console

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Medium severitynpm@theia/console

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Description

In Eclipse Theia versions up to and including 1.8.0, in the debug console there is no HTML escaping, so arbitrary Javascript code can be injected.

Recommendation

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

  • Affected version(s): < 1.8.1
  • Patched version(s): 1.8.1

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