What is GHSA-4q2f-8g74-qm56?

GHSA-4q2f-8g74-qm56 is a security advisory published by GitHub Security Advisories with High severity. Cross-Site Scripting in takeapeek

Why does GHSA-4q2f-8g74-qm56 have no CVE ID yet?

GitHub Security Advisories published this advisory directly to customers before NVD assigned a CVE ID. This is the embargo-window disclosure pattern — vendors notify customers on day 0; NVD's public record follows days to weeks later.

Which products are affected by GHSA-4q2f-8g74-qm56?

GHSA-4q2f-8g74-qm56 affects 1 product, including: npm/takeapeek:\u003e= 0.0.0.

GHSA-4q2f-8g74-qm56HighDisclosed before NVD

Cross-Site Scripting in takeapeek

Vendor

GitHub Security Advisories

Published

September 3, 2020

Last Modified

January 9, 2023

📋 Description

All versions of takeapeek are vulnerable to Cross-Site Scripting (XSS). The package fails to sanitize filenames, allowing attackers to execute arbitrary JavaScript in the victim's browser through files with names containing malicious code.

Recommendation

No fix is currently available. Consider using an alternative package until a fix is made available.

🎯 Affected products1

npm/takeapeek:>= 0.0.0

🔗 References (3)

https://hackerone.com/reports/490728
https://www.npmjs.com/advisories/1038
https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-4q2f-8g74-qm56