xmlhttprequest-ssl : = 1.5.5 - xmlhttprequest and xmlhttprequest-ssl vulnerable to Arbitrary Code Injection

[armorcodegithubpreprod[bot]]

This affects the package xmlhttprequest before 1.7.0; all versions of package xmlhttprequest-ssl. Provided requests are sent synchronously (async=False on xhr.open), malicious user input flowing into xhr.send could result in arbitrary code being injected and run.

References:

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-28502
• https://github.com/driverdan/node-XMLHttpRequest/commit/983cfc244c7567ad6a59e366e55a8037e0497fe6
• https://github.com/driverdan/node-XMLHttpRequest/blob/1.6.0/lib/XMLHttpRequest.js#L480
• https://github.com/driverdan/node-XMLHttpRequest/blob/1.6.0/lib/XMLHttpRequest.js%23L480
• https://github.com/mjwwit/node-XMLHttpRequest/blob/ae38832a0f1347c5e96dda665402509a3458e302/lib/XMLHttpRequest.js#L531
• https://snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JAVA-ORGWEBJARSNPM-1082937
• https://snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JAVA-ORGWEBJARSNPM-1082938
• https://snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JS-XMLHTTPREQUEST-1082935
• https://snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JS-XMLHTTPREQUESTSSL-1082936
• https://github.com/mjwwit/node-XMLHttpRequest/commit/ee1e81fc67729c7c0eba5537ed7fe1e30a6b3291
• https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-h4j5-c7cj-74xg

File Path: yarn.lock

Mitigation: Patched version: 1.6.2

Tool Finding Id: RVA_kwDOKhg_f88AAAABM_wEQg

[armorcodegithubpreprod[bot]]

Finding [55222328] status changed to Confirmed Note:
by pragati.dubey@armorcode.io via ArmorCode Platform