MEDIUM6.1

GHSA-552w-rqg8-gxxm

Moderate severity vulnerability that affects validator

Quick fix

GHSA-552w-rqg8-gxxm — validator: upgrade to the fixed version with the command below.

npm install validator@1.1.0

Details

The validator module before 1.1.0 for Node.js allows remote attackers to bypass the cross-site scripting (XSS) filter via vectors related to UI redressing.

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Affected packages

npm/validator

Introduced in: 0Fixed in: 1.1.0

Fixnpm install validator@1.1.0

References

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-7453[ADVISORY]
https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-552w-rqg8-gxxm[ADVISORY]
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/04/20/11[WEB]