jsuites up to 5.0.0 Editor cross site scripting

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability categorized as problematic has been discovered in jsuites up to 5.0.0. Affected by this issue is the function Committer. Such manipulation leads to cross site scripting. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2022-25979. The attack can be executed remotely. There is not any exploit available. It is advisable to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in jsuites up to 5.0.0. Affected by this issue is the function Editor. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a cross site scripting vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-79. The product does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes user-controllable input before it is placed in output that is used as a web page that is served to other users. Impacted is integrity. CVE summarizes:

Versions of the package jsuites before 5.0.1 are vulnerable to Cross-site Scripting (XSS) due to improper user-input sanitization in the Editor() function.

The weakness was released 01/31/2023 as 134. The advisory is shared for download at github.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2022-25979 since 02/24/2022. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. There are known technical details, but no exploit is available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1059.007.

Upgrading to version 5.0.1 eliminates this vulnerability. Applying the patch b31770d5fe91684a00177f629aab933139c32d9f is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at github.com. The best possible mitigation is suggested to be upgrading to the latest version.

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Productinfo

Name

jsuites

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License

open-source

Website

Product: https://github.com/jsuites/jsuites/

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.3
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.2

VulDB Base Score: 4.3
VulDB Temp Score: 4.1
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CNA Base Score: 5.4
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Cross site scripting
CWE: CWE-79 / CWE-94 / CWE-74
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: jsuites 5.0.1
Patch: b31770d5fe91684a00177f629aab933139c32d9f

Timelineinfo

02/24/2022 🔍
01/31/2023 +341 days 🔍
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Sourcesinfo

Product: github.com

Advisory: 134
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2022-25979 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2022-25979
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-219836

Entryinfo

Created: 01/31/2023 16:06
Updated: 03/27/2025 23:28
Changes: 01/31/2023 16:06 (51), 02/25/2023 19:03 (12), 03/27/2025 23:28 (16)
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