MEDIUM5.4

GHSA-8w65-xjc5-9w79

Cross-Site Scripting in node-red

Quick fix

GHSA-8w65-xjc5-9w79 — node-red: upgrade to the fixed version with the command below.

npm install node-red@0.20.8

Details

Versions of `node-red` prior to 0.20.8are vulnerable to Cross-Site Scripting (XSS). The package fails to sanitize the `name` field in new Flows, allowing attackers to execute arbitrary JavaScript in the victim's browser.

## Recommendation

Upgrade to version 0.18.6 or later.

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Affected packages

npm/node-red

Introduced in: 0Fixed in: 0.20.8

Fixnpm install node-red@0.20.8

References

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-15607[ADVISORY]
https://hackerone.com/reports/681986[WEB]
https://www.npmjs.com/advisories/1456[WEB]