GitHub Advisoryadvisory · npm
GHSA-x9r5-jxvq-4387 jquery.terminal self XSS on user input
LOW
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- Aliases
- CVE-2021-43862
- Ecosystem
- npm
- Packages
- jquery.terminal
- Severity
- Low
- CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
- Weaknesses
- CWE-79, CWE-80
- Reviewed
- 2022-01-06
Affected packages
• npm jquery.terminal: < 2.31.1 → fixed in 2.31.1
Description
Impact
This is low impact and limited XSS, because code for XSS payload is always visible, but attacker can use other techniques to hide the code the victim sees.
Also if the application use execHash option and execute code from URL the attacker can use this URL to execute his code. The scope is limited because the javascript code inside html attribute used is added to span tag, so no automatic execution like with `onerror` on images is possible.
Patches
Fixed version 2.31.1
Workarounds
The user can use formatting that wrap whole user input and it's no op.
```javascript
$.terminal.new_formatter([/([\s\S]+)/g, '[[;;]$1]']);
```
The fix will only work when user of the library is not using different formatters (e.g. to highlight code in different way).
References
The issue was reported here jcubic/jquery.terminal#727
For more information
If you have any questions or comments about this advisory:
• Open an issue in jcubic/jquery.terminal
• Email us at [email protected]
Related
Alias · CVE (1)
- CVE-2021-43862 jQuery Terminal Emulator is a plugin for creating command line interpreters in your applications. vulnerability
References
- https://github.com/jcubic/jquery.terminal/security/advisories/GHSA-x9r5-jxvq-4387 web
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-43862 advisory
- https://github.com/jcubic/jquery.terminal/issues/727 web
- https://github.com/jcubic/jquery.terminal/commit/77eb044d0896e990d48a9157f0bc6648f81a84b5 web
- https://github.com/jcubic/jquery.terminal web
- https://github.com/jcubic/jquery.terminal/releases/tag/2.31.1 web