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Security checkSeptember 26, 2024

Layui has DOM Clobbering gadgets that leads to Cross-site Scripting

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Medium severitynpmlayui

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Description

A DOM Clobbering vulnerability has been discovered in layui that can lead to Cross-site Scripting (XSS) on web pages where attacker-controlled HTML elements (e.g., img tags with unsanitized name attributes) are present.

Recommendation

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

  • Affected version(s): < 2.9.17
  • Patched version(s): 2.9.17

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