GHSA-2mrq-w8pv-5pvq

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Source
https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-2mrq-w8pv-5pvq
Import Source
https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2024/02/GHSA-2mrq-w8pv-5pvq/GHSA-2mrq-w8pv-5pvq.json
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https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/GHSA-2mrq-w8pv-5pvq
Aliases
Published
2024-02-02T18:10:04Z
Modified
2024-02-12T16:17:46.675716Z
Severity
  • 6.1 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N CVSS Calculator
Summary
Malicious input can provoke XSS when preserving comments
Details

Impact

There is a potential for a mutation XSS (mXSS) vulnerability in AntiSamy caused by flawed parsing of the HTML being sanitized. To be subject to this vulnerability the preserveComments directive must be enabled in your policy file. As a result, certain crafty inputs can result in elements in comment tags being interpreted as executable when using AntiSamy's sanitized output.

Patches

Patched in AntiSamy 1.7.5 and later. This is due to parsing behavior in the neko-htmlunit dependency, just by updating to a newer version the issue was solved. See important remediation details in the reference given below.

Workarounds

If you cannot upgrade to a fixed version of the library, the following mitigation can be applied until you can upgrade: Manually edit your AntiSamy policy file (e.g., antisamy.xml) by deleting the preserveComments directive or setting its value to false, if present.

As the previously mentioned policy settings are preconditions for the mXSS attack to work, changing them as recommended should be sufficient to protect you against this vulnerability when using a vulnerable version of this library. However, the existing bug would still be present in the parser dependency (neko-htmlunit) and therefore in AntiSamy. The safety of this workaround relies on configurations that may change in the future and don't address the root cause of the vulnerability. As such, it is strongly recommended to upgrade to a fixed version of AntiSamy.

For more information

If you have any questions or comments about this advisory:

Email one of the project co-leaders, listed on the OWASP AntiSamy project page, under "Leaders".

Database specific
{
    "nvd_published_at": "2024-02-02T17:15:11Z",
    "cwe_ids": [
        "CWE-79"
    ],
    "severity": "MODERATE",
    "github_reviewed": true,
    "github_reviewed_at": "2024-02-02T18:10:04Z"
}
References

Affected packages

Maven / org.owasp.antisamy:antisamy

Package

Name
org.owasp.antisamy:antisamy
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Purl
pkg:maven/org.owasp.antisamy/antisamy

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1.7.5

Affected versions

1.*

1.4.2
1.4.3
1.4.4
1.4.5
1.5
1.5.1
1.5.2
1.5.3
1.5.5
1.5.6
1.5.7
1.5.8
1.5.9
1.5.10
1.5.11
1.5.12
1.5.13
1.6.0
1.6.1
1.6.2
1.6.3
1.6.4
1.6.5
1.6.6
1.6.6.1
1.6.7
1.6.8
1.7.0
1.7.1
1.7.2
1.7.3
1.7.4

Database specific

{
    "last_known_affected_version_range": "<= 1.7.4"
}