Description
This affects the package xmlhttprequest before 1.7.0; all versions of package xmlhttprequest-ssl. Provided requests are sent synchronously (async=False on xhr.open), malicious user input flowing into xhr.send could result in arbitrary code being injected and run.
Recommendation
Update the xmlhttprequest package to the latest compatible version. Followings are version details:
- Affected version(s): < 1.7.0
- Patched version(s): 1.7.0
References
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