Cross-site Scripting (XSS) Affecting python3-jinja2 package, versions <0:2.7.2-4.amzn2.0.4


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on Amazon Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.04% (12th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-AMZN2-PYTHON3JINJA2-7365015
  • published25 Jun 2024
  • disclosed6 May 2024

Introduced: 6 May 2024

CVE-2024-34064  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-79  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Amazon-Linux:2 python3-jinja2 to version 0:2.7.2-4.amzn2.0.4 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALAS2-2024-2573.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream python3-jinja2 package and not the python3-jinja2 package as distributed by Amazon-Linux. See How to fix? for Amazon-Linux:2 relevant fixed versions and status.

Jinja is an extensible templating engine. The xmlattr filter in affected versions of Jinja accepts keys containing non-attribute characters. XML/HTML attributes cannot contain spaces, /, &gt;, or =, as each would then be interpreted as starting a separate attribute. If an application accepts keys (as opposed to only values) as user input, and renders these in pages that other users see as well, an attacker could use this to inject other attributes and perform XSS. The fix for CVE-2024-22195 only addressed spaces but not other characters. Accepting keys as user input is now explicitly considered an unintended use case of the xmlattr filter, and code that does so without otherwise validating the input should be flagged as insecure, regardless of Jinja version. Accepting values as user input continues to be safe. This vulnerability is fixed in 3.1.4.

CVSS Scores

version 3.1