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Security checkOctober 19, 2023

mxGraph vulnerable to cross-site scripting in color field

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Description

mxGraph through 4.0.0, related to the draw.io Diagrams plugin before 8.3.14 for Confluence and other products, is vulnerable to cross-site scripting. draw.io Diagrams allows the creation and editing of draw.io-based diagrams in Confluence. Among other things, it allows to set the background color of text displayed in the diagram.

Recommendation

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

  • Affected version(s): <= 4.0.0
  • Patched version(s): 4.0.1

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