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GHSA-XRH7-M5PP-39R6

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2023-01-31 22:39 – Updated: 2023-02-08 22:37

Summary

XSS Attack with Express API

Details

Impact

XSS attack - anyone using the Express API is impacted

Patches

The problem has been resolved. Users should upgrade to version 2.0.0.

Workarounds

Don't pass user supplied data directly to res.renderFile.

References

Are there any links users can visit to find out more? See https://github.com/eta-dev/eta/releases/tag/v2.0.0

Severity ?

8.6 (High)


                  
                    CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:H

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  "modified": "2023-02-08T22:37:39Z",
  "published": "2023-01-31T22:39:40Z",
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      "url": "https://github.com/eta-dev/eta"
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}

CVE-2023-23630 (GCVE-0-2023-23630)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-02-01 00:38 – Updated: 2025-03-10 21:17

Title

Cross-site (XSS) vulnerability with Express API in Eta

Summary

Eta is an embedded JS templating engine that works inside Node, Deno, and the browser. XSS attack - anyone using the Express API is impacted. The problem has been resolved. Users should upgrade to version 2.0.0. As a workaround, don't pass user supplied things directly to `res.render`.

Severity ?

8.6 (High)


                        
                          CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:H

CWE

CWE-79 - Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

Assigner

GitHub_M

References

URL

Tags

	https://github.com/eta-dev/eta/security/advisorie…	x_refsource_CONFIRM
	https://github.com/eta-dev/eta/commit/5651392462e…	x_refsource_MISC
	https://github.com/eta-dev/eta/releases/tag/v2.0.0	x_refsource_MISC

Impacted products

	Vendor	Product	Version
	eta-dev	eta	Affected: < 2.0.0

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Sightings

Author	Source	Type	Date	Other

Nomenclature

Seen: The vulnerability was mentioned, discussed, or observed by the user.
Confirmed: The vulnerability has been validated from an analyst's perspective.
Published Proof of Concept: A public proof of concept is available for this vulnerability.
Exploited: The vulnerability was observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Patched: The vulnerability was observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
Not exploited: The vulnerability was not observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Not confirmed: The user expressed doubt about the validity of the vulnerability.
Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.

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GHSA-XRH7-M5PP-39R6

Impact

Patches

Workarounds

References

CVE-2023-23630 (GCVE-0-2023-23630)

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