XML External Entity (XXE) Injection Affecting org.webjars.npm:jstoxml package, versions [,2.0.0)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-JAVA-ORGWEBJARSNPM-1042968
  • published26 Oct 2020
  • disclosed11 Oct 2020
  • creditwetneb

Introduced: 11 Oct 2020

CVE NOT AVAILABLE CWE-611  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade org.webjars.npm:jstoxml to version 2.0.0 or higher.

Overview

org.webjars.npm:jstoxml is a Converts JavaScript/JSON to XML (for RSS, Podcasts, AMP, etc.)

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to XML External Entity (XXE) Injection due to not escaping special characters.

CVSS Scores

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