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Security checkJune 19, 2025

OpenList (frontend) allows XSS Attacks in the built-in Markdown Viewer

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Medium severitynpm@openlist-frontend/openlist-frontend

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Description

XSS via .py file containing script tag interpreted as HTML

Recommendation

Update the @openlist-frontend/openlist-frontend package to the latest compatible version. Followings are version details:

  • Affected version(s): <= 4.0.0-rc.3
  • Patched version(s): 4.0.0-rc.4

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