Cross-site Scripting (XSS) Affecting @theia/preview package, versions <1.3.0


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

CVSS assessment made by Snyk's Security Team

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS
    0.31% (71st percentile)

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-JS-THEIAPREVIEW-1079037
  • published 25 Feb 2021
  • disclosed 25 Feb 2021
  • credit Casey Flynn

How to fix?

Upgrade @theia/preview to version 1.3.0 or higher.

Overview

@theia/preview is a Theia - Preview Extension

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Cross-site Scripting (XSS). The Markdown Preview (@theia/preview), can be exploited to execute arbitrary JavaScript code.

CVSS Scores

version 3.1
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Snyk

6.3 medium
  • Attack Vector (AV)
    Network
  • Attack Complexity (AC)
    Low
  • Privileges Required (PR)
    Low
  • User Interaction (UI)
    Required
  • Scope (S)
    Unchanged
  • Confidentiality (C)
    High
  • Integrity (I)
    Low
  • Availability (A)
    None
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NVD

9.6 critical