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Security checkApril 12, 2025

YUI Cross-site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability - yui - GHSA-x5hj-47vv-53p8

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Medium severitynpmyui

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Description

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in io.swf in the IO Utility component in Yahoo! YUI 3.10.2, as used in Moodle through 2.1.10, 2.2.x before 2.2.11, 2.3.x before 2.3.8, 2.4.x before 2.4.5, 2.5.x before 2.5.1, and other products, allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a crafted string in a URL.

Recommendation

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

  • Affected version(s): **= 3.10.12 >= 3.0.0, <= 3.10.0**
  • Patched version(s): **3.10.13 3.10.11**

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