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XML External Entity (XXE) Injection Affecting jstoxml package, versions <2.0.0

Severity

 Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-JS-JSTOXML-1017039
  • published 26 Oct 2020
  • disclosed 11 Oct 2020
  • credit wetneb
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Introduced: 11 Oct 2020

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How to fix?

Upgrade jstoxml to version 2.0.0 or higher.

Overview

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

version 3.1
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Snyk

Recommended
7.3 high
  • Attack Vector (AV)
    Network
  • Attack Complexity (AC)
    Low
  • Privileges Required (PR)
    None
  • User Interaction (UI)
    None
  • Scope (S)
    Unchanged
  • Confidentiality (C)
    Low
  • Integrity (I)
    Low
  • Availability (A)
    Low