CVE-2024-37166

Source
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-37166
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2024-37166.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2024-37166
Aliases
Published
2024-06-10T21:29:28Z
Modified
2025-10-20T20:26:57.335124Z
Severity
  • 8.9 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:L CVSS Calculator
Summary
ghtml Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability
Details

ghtml is software that uses tagged templates for template engine functionality. It is possible to introduce user-controlled JavaScript code and trigger a Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in some cases. Version 2.0.0 introduces changes to mitigate this issue. Version 2.0.0 contains updated documentation to clarify that while ghtml escapes characters with special meaning in HTML, it does not provide comprehensive protection against all types of XSS attacks in every scenario. This aligns with the approach taken by other template engines. Developers should be cautious and take additional measures to sanitize user input and prevent potential vulnerabilities. Additionally, the backtick character (`) is now also escaped to prevent the creation of strings in most cases where a malicious actor somehow gains the ability to write JavaScript. This does not provide comprehensive protection either.

Database specific
{
    "cwe_ids": [
        "CWE-79",
        "CWE-80"
    ]
}
References

Affected packages

Git / github.com/gurgunday/ghtml

Affected ranges

Type
GIT
Repo
https://github.com/gurgunday/ghtml
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced commit / All previous commits are affected
Fixed

Affected versions

v1.*

v1.0.0
v1.0.1
v1.1.0
v1.2.0
v1.2.1
v1.2.2
v1.2.3
v1.2.4
v1.2.5
v1.5.0
v1.5.1
v1.5.2
v1.6.0
v1.7.0
v1.7.1
v1.7.2