Description
Vega is a visualization grammar, a declarative format for creating, saving, and sharing interactive visualization designs. Vega in an npm package. In Vega before version 5.17.3 there is an XSS vulnerability in Vega expressions. Through a specially crafted Vega expression, an attacker could execute arbitrary javascript on a victim’s machine.
Recommendation
Update the vega package to the latest compatible version. Followings are version details:
- Affected version(s): < 5.17.3
- Patched version(s): 5.17.3
References
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