Template Injection in jsrender

Description

Affected versions of jsrender are susceptible to a remote code execution vulnerability when used with server delivered client-side tempates which dynamically embed user input.

Recommendation

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

• Affected version(s): <= 0.9.73
• Patched version(s): 0.9.74

References

• GHSA-r87w-47m8-22w3
• www.npmjs.com
• snyk.io
• CVE-2016-3942
• CWE-94
• CAPEC-310
• OWASP 2021-A3
• OWASP 2021-A6

Related Issues

• Strapi plugins vulnerable to Server-Side Template Injection and Remote Code Execution in the Users-Permissions Plugin - @strapi/plugin-email - CVE-2023-22621
• lodash vulnerable to Code Injection via `_.template` imports key names - lodash-amd - CVE-2026-4800
• CouchAuth has a Server-Side Template Injection vulnerability in its email functionality - CVE-2024-57177
• lodash vulnerable to Code Injection via `_.template` imports key names - lodash-es - CVE-2026-4800

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npm

jsrender