What is GHSA-gr4j-r575-g665?

GHSA-gr4j-r575-g665 is a security advisory published by GitHub Security Advisories with High severity. Cross-Site Scripting in highcharts

Why does GHSA-gr4j-r575-g665 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.

What is the CVSS v3 score of GHSA-gr4j-r575-g665?

GHSA-gr4j-r575-g665 has a CVSS v3 base score of 8.7, published by GitHub Security Advisories.

Which products are affected by GHSA-gr4j-r575-g665?

GHSA-gr4j-r575-g665 affects 2 products, including: npm/highcharts:\u003c 7.2.2; npm/highcharts:\u003e= 8.0.0, \u003c 8.1.1.

GHSA-gr4j-r575-g665HighCVSS 8.7Disclosed before NVD

Cross-Site Scripting in highcharts

Vendor

GitHub Security Advisories

Published

August 25, 2020

Last Modified

November 10, 2023

📋 Description

Versions of highcharts prior to 7.2.2 or 8.1.1 are vulnerable to Cross-Site Scripting (XSS). The package fails to sanitize href values and does not restrict URL schemes, allowing attackers to execute arbitrary JavaScript in a victim's browser if they click the link.

🎯 Affected products2

npm/highcharts:< 7.2.2
npm/highcharts:>= 8.0.0, < 8.1.1

🔗 References (4)

https://github.com/highcharts/highcharts/issues/13559
https://snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JS-HIGHCHARTS-571995
https://github.com/highcharts/highcharts/commit/55c39dd55f12ce8dfab84f8ec13ad81423bee9f5
https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-gr4j-r575-g665