swagger-api/swagger-ui · Security
Cross-Site Scripting in swagger-ui
- GHSA ID
- GHSA-p239-93f7-h6xf
- CVE ID
- CVE-2016-5682
- Severity
- critical
- Published
- Updated
Description
Affected versions of swagger-ui contain a cross-site scripting vulnerability in the key names of a specific nested object in the JSON document.
Proof of Concept
The vulnerable object structure is:
{
"definitions": {
"arbitraryVal": {
"properties": {
"<INJECTABLE_KEY_NAME>": "LoremIpsum"
}
}
}
}
Malicious JSON documents can be loaded in by providing a URL to them in the url query string parameter.
Recommendation
Update to version 2.2.1 or later.
CWEs
- CWE-79 · Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')
References
- https://github.com/swagger-api/swagger-ui/issues/1865 ↗
- https://www.npmjs.com/advisories/126 ↗
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-5682 ↗
- https://community.rapid7.com/community/infosec/blog/2016/09/02/r7-2016-19-persistent-xss-via-unescaped-parameters-in-swagger-ui ↗
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-p239-93f7-h6xf ↗