CVE-2021-23443 (GCVE-0-2021-23443)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2021-09-21 16:50 – Updated: 2024-09-16 22:09
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Title
Cross-site Scripting (XSS)
Summary
This affects the package edge.js before 5.3.2. A type confusion vulnerability can be used to bypass input sanitization when the input to be rendered is an array (instead of a string or a SafeValue), even if {{ }} are used.
Severity
5.4 (Medium)
CWE
- Cross-site Scripting (XSS)
Assigner
References
2 references
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| https://snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JS-EDGEJS-1579556 | x_refsource_MISC |
| https://github.com/edge-js/edge/commit/fa2c7fde86… | x_refsource_MISC |
Impacted products
Date Public
2021-09-21 00:00
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