CVE-2024-21501 (Medium) detected in sanitize-html-1.4.2.tgz

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CVE-2024-21501 - Medium Severity Vulnerability

Vulnerable Library - sanitize-html-1.4.2.tgz

Clean up user-submitted HTML, preserving whitelisted elements and whitelisted attributes on a per-element basis

Library home page: https://registry.npmjs.org/sanitize-html/-/sanitize-html-1.4.2.tgz

Path to dependency file: /package.json

Path to vulnerable library: /node_modules/sanitize-html/package.json

Dependency Hierarchy:

• ❌ sanitize-html-1.4.2.tgz (Vulnerable Library)

Found in HEAD commit: ba236fd18ec3e6450d68d675bce1609d2e5d3230

Found in base branch: main

Vulnerability Details

Versions of the package sanitize-html before 2.12.1 are vulnerable to Information Exposure when used on the backend and with the style attribute allowed, allowing enumeration of files in the system (including project dependencies). An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to gather details about the file system structure and dependencies of the targeted server.

Publish Date: 2024-02-24

URL: CVE-2024-21501

CVSS 3 Score Details (5.3)

Base Score Metrics:

• Exploitability Metrics:
  • Attack Vector: Network
  • Attack Complexity: Low
  • Privileges Required: None
  • User Interaction: None
  • Scope: Unchanged
• Impact Metrics:
  • Confidentiality Impact: Low
  • Integrity Impact: None
  • Availability Impact: None

For more information on CVSS3 Scores, click here.

Suggested Fix

Type: Upgrade version

Origin: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-21501

Release Date: 2024-02-24

Fix Resolution: 2.12.1

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