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Security checkJanuary 07, 2023

Read the Docs vulnerable to Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)

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Medium severitynpmreadthedocs

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Description

This vulnerability allowed a malicious user to serve arbitrary HTML files from the main application domain (readthedocs[.]org/readthedocs[.]com) by exploiting a vulnerability in the code that serves downloadable content from a project.

Recommendation

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

  • Affected version(s): < 8.8.1
  • Patched version(s): 8.8.1

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