CVE-2021-23648: The package @braintree/sanitize-url before 6.0.0 are vulnerable to Cross-site Scripting (XSS) due to improper sanitization in sanitizeUrl function

Medium severity · published Mar 16, 2022

CVE-2021-23648

The package @braintree/sanitize-url before 6.0.0 are vulnerable to Cross-site Scripting (XSS) due to improper sanitization in sanitizeUrl function

6.1

CVSS

1.4%

EPSS

On KEV

Description

The package @braintree/sanitize-url before 6.0.0 are vulnerable to Cross-site Scripting (XSS) due to improper sanitization in sanitizeUrl function.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Attack vector

Network

Complexity

Low

Privileges

None

User interaction

Required

Confidentiality

Low

Integrity

Low

Availability

None

Scope

Changed

Exploitation

Is it being used?

Exploit prediction (EPSS)1.4% · higher than 73% of CVEs

Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet

CISA KEVNot listed

Ransomware campaign useNot known

Affected products

Which versions

Braintree/sanitize-url · Paypal

before 6.0.0 · source: NVD

Fedora · Fedoraproject

34; 35; 36 · source: NVD

Affected product

Fedora

Fedoraproject

All Fedora CVEs

References

NVD

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-23648

CVE.org

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-23648

Broken Link

https://github.com/braintree/sanitize-url/blob/main/src/index.ts%23L11

Issue Tracking

https://github.com/braintree/sanitize-url/pull/40

Patch

https://github.com/braintree/sanitize-url/pull/40/commits/e5afda45d9833682b705f73fc2c1265d34832183

lists.fedoraproject.org

https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/2PFW6Q2LXXWTFRTMTRN4ZGADFRQPKJ3D/

lists.fedoraproject.org

https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/36GUEPA5TPSC57DZTPYPBL6T7UPQ2FRH/

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