What is GHSA-w992-2gmj-9xxj?

GHSA-w992-2gmj-9xxj is a security advisory published by GitHub Security Advisories with Medium severity. Cross-Site Scripting in swagger-ui

Why does GHSA-w992-2gmj-9xxj 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-w992-2gmj-9xxj?

GHSA-w992-2gmj-9xxj affects 1 product, including: npm/swagger-ui:\u003c 2.2.1.

GHSA-w992-2gmj-9xxjMediumDisclosed before NVD

Cross-Site Scripting in swagger-ui

Vendor

GitHub Security Advisories

Published

September 11, 2020

Last Modified

January 9, 2023

📋 Description

Versions of swagger-ui prior to 2.2.1 are vulnerable to Cross-Site Scripting (XSS). The package allows HTML code in the swagger.apiInfo.description value without proper sanitization, which may allow attackers to execute arbitrary JavaScript.

Recommendation

Upgrade to version 2.2.1 or later.

🎯 Affected products1

npm/swagger-ui:< 2.2.1

🔗 References (3)

https://github.com/swagger-api/swagger-ui/issues/830
https://www.npmjs.com/advisories/988
https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-w992-2gmj-9xxj