Description

This affects the package xmlhttprequest before 1.7.0; all versions of package xmlhttprequest-ssl. Provided requests are sent synchronously (async=False on xhr.open), malicious user input flowing into xhr.send could result in arbitrary code being injected and run.

Remediation

References

https://github.com/driverdan/node-XMLHttpRequest/blob/1.6.0/lib/XMLHttpRequest.js%23L480

https://snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JS-XMLHTTPREQUEST-1082935

https://snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JAVA-ORGWEBJARSNPM-1082937

https://snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JAVA-ORGWEBJARSNPM-1082938

https://snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JS-XMLHTTPREQUESTSSL-1082936

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Severity

Critical

Classification

CWE-94 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Tags

Broken Link Exploit Third Party Advisory