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GHSA-x83m-pf6f-pf9g hibernate-validator Cross-site Scripting vulnerability

MEDIUM Published 2024-11-07 Modified 2025-09-12 Official page ↗
Aliases
CVE-2023-1932
Ecosystem
Maven
Packages
org.hibernate.validator:hibernate-validator, org.hibernate:hibernate-validator
Severity
Moderate
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Weaknesses
CWE-79
Reviewed
2024-11-07

Affected packages

• Maven org.hibernate.validator:hibernate-validator: < 6.2.0.Final → fixed in 6.2.0.Final • Maven org.hibernate:hibernate-validator: < 6.2.0.Final → fixed in 6.2.0.Final

Description

A flaw was found in hibernate-validator's 'isValid' method in the org.hibernate.validator.internal.constraintvalidators.hv.SafeHtmlValidator class, which can be bypassed by omitting the tag ending in a less-than character. Browsers may render an invalid html, allowing HTML injection or Cross-Site-Scripting (XSS) attacks.

Related

Alias · CVE (1)

  • CVE-2023-1932 A flaw was found in hibernate-validator's 'isValid' method in the… vulnerability

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation weakness

References