CVE-2021-29272 (Medium) detected in github.com/microcosm-cc/bluemonday-v1.0.2 - autoclosed

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CVE-2021-29272 - Medium Severity Vulnerability

Vulnerable Library - github.com/microcosm-cc/bluemonday-v1.0.2

bluemonday: a fast golang HTML sanitizer (inspired by the OWASP Java HTML Sanitizer) to scrub user generated content of XSS

Dependency Hierarchy: - :x: **github.com/microcosm-cc/bluemonday-v1.0.2** (Vulnerable Library)

Found in HEAD commit: f8d44c382168ebea3a3dae2b5347a7ffe36f343a

Found in base branch: dev/seed-tool

Vulnerability Details

bluemonday before 1.0.5 allows XSS because certain Go lowercasing converts an uppercase Cyrillic character, defeating a protection mechanism against the "script" string.

Publish Date: 2021-03-27

URL: CVE-2021-29272

CVSS 3 Score Details (6.1)

Base Score Metrics: - Exploitability Metrics: - Attack Vector: Network - Attack Complexity: Low - Privileges Required: None - User Interaction: Required - Scope: Changed - Impact Metrics: - Confidentiality Impact: Low - Integrity Impact: Low - Availability Impact: None

For more information on CVSS3 Scores, click here.

Suggested Fix

Type: Upgrade version

Origin: https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2021-29272

Release Date: 2021-03-27

Fix Resolution: v1.0.5

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