ghsa-p239-93f7-h6xf
Vulnerability from github
Published
2020-09-01 15:30
Modified
2021-09-23 21:32
Summary
Cross-Site Scripting in swagger-ui
Details

Affected versions of swagger-ui contain a cross-site scripting vulnerability in the key names of a specific nested object in the JSON document.

Proof of Concept

The vulnerable object structure is: { "definitions": { "arbitraryVal": { "properties": { "<INJECTABLE_KEY_NAME>": "LoremIpsum" } } } } Malicious JSON documents can be loaded in by providing a URL to them in the url query string parameter.

Recommendation

Update to version 2.2.1 or later.

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{
  "affected": [
    {
      "database_specific": {
        "last_known_affected_version_range": "\u003c= 2.2.0"
      },
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "npm",
        "name": "swagger-ui"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "0"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "2.2.1"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2016-5682"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cwe_ids": [
      "CWE-79"
    ],
    "github_reviewed": true,
    "github_reviewed_at": "2020-08-31T18:11:42Z",
    "nvd_published_at": null,
    "severity": "CRITICAL"
  },
  "details": "Affected versions of `swagger-ui` contain a cross-site scripting vulnerability in the key names of a specific nested object in the JSON document.\n\n\n## Proof of Concept\nThe vulnerable object structure is:\n```\n{\n    \"definitions\": {\n        \"arbitraryVal\": {\n            \"properties\": {\n                \"\u003cINJECTABLE_KEY_NAME\u003e\": \"LoremIpsum\"\n                }\n            }\n        }\n}\n```\nMalicious JSON documents can be loaded in by providing a URL to them in the `url` query string parameter.\n\n\n\n## Recommendation\n\nUpdate to version 2.2.1 or later.",
  "id": "GHSA-p239-93f7-h6xf",
  "modified": "2021-09-23T21:32:17Z",
  "published": "2020-09-01T15:30:58Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-5682"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/swagger-api/swagger-ui/issues/1865"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://community.rapid7.com/community/infosec/blog/2016/09/02/r7-2016-19-persistent-xss-via-unescaped-parameters-in-swagger-ui"
    },
    {
      "type": "PACKAGE",
      "url": "https://github.com/swagger-api/swagger-ui"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://www.npmjs.com/advisories/126"
    }
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.4.0",
  "severity": [],
  "summary": "Cross-Site Scripting in swagger-ui"
}


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