CVE-2021-32796 (Medium) detected in xmldom-0.6.0.tgz

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CVE-2021-32796 - Medium Severity Vulnerability

Vulnerable Library - xmldom-0.6.0.tgz

A pure JavaScript W3C standard-based (XML DOM Level 2 Core) DOMParser and XMLSerializer module.

Library home page: https://registry.npmjs.org/xmldom/-/xmldom-0.6.0.tgz

Path to dependency file: /package.json

Path to vulnerable library: /package.json

Dependency Hierarchy:

• ❌ xmldom-0.6.0.tgz (Vulnerable Library)

Found in HEAD commit: 824b4e1b9c42b50b60dfa56799981229411d85ad

Found in base branch: main

Vulnerability Details

xmldom is an open source pure JavaScript W3C standard-based (XML DOM Level 2 Core) DOMParser and XMLSerializer module. xmldom versions 0.6.0 and older do not correctly escape special characters when serializing elements removed from their ancestor. This may lead to unexpected syntactic changes during XML processing in some downstream applications. This issue has been resolved in version 0.7.0. As a workaround downstream applications can validate the input and reject the maliciously crafted documents.

Publish Date: 2021-07-27

URL: CVE-2021-32796

CVSS 3 Score Details (6.5)

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: Low
  • Availability Impact: None

For more information on CVSS3 Scores, click here.

Suggested Fix

Type: Upgrade version

Origin: GHSA-5fg8-2547-mr8q

Release Date: 2021-07-27

Fix Resolution: @xmldom/xmldom - 0.7.0

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