medium5.3
CVE-2024-21501
sanitize-html Information Exposure vulnerability
Impact
Versions of the package sanitize-html before 2.12.1 are vulnerable to Information Exposure when used on the backend and with the style attribute allowed, allowing enumeration of files in the system (including project dependencies). An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to gather details about the file system structure and dependencies of the targeted server.
Affected packages
| Ecosystem | Package | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| npm | sanitize-html | < 2.12.1 | 2.12.1 |
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions |
|---|---|---|
| Apostrophecms | Sanitize-Html | before 2.12.1 |
| Fedoraproject | Fedora | Versions 39, 40 |
Weakness classification
References
- NVD record
- CVE.org record
- GitHub advisory
- https://gist.github.com/Slonser/8b4d061abe6ee1b2e10c7242987674cf
- https://github.com/apostrophecms/apostrophe/discussions/4436
- https://github.com/apostrophecms/sanitize-html/commit/c5dbdf77fe8b836d3bf4554ea39edb45281ec0b4
- https://github.com/apostrophecms/sanitize-html/pull/650
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/4EB5JPYRCTS64EA5AMV3INHDPI6I4AW7/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/P4I5X6V3LYUNBMZ5YOW4BV427TH3IK4S/
- https://security.snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JAVA-ORGWEBJARSNPM-6276557
- https://security.snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JS-SANITIZEHTML-6256334
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-rm97-x556-q36h
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-21501
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/4EB5JPYRCTS64EA5AMV3INHDPI6I4AW7
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/P4I5X6V3LYUNBMZ5YOW4BV427TH3IK4S