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Hexo Vulnerable to XSS

Moderate severity GitHub Reviewed Published Dec 1, 2021 to the GitHub Advisory Database • Updated Sep 13, 2023

Package

npm hexo (npm)

Affected versions

>= 0.0.1, <= 5.4.0

Patched versions

6.0.0

Description

Hexo versions 0.0.1 to 5.4.0 are vulnerable against stored XSS. The post “body” and “tags” don’t sanitize malicious javascript during web page generation. Local unprivileged attacker can inject arbitrary code.

References

Published by the National Vulnerability Database Nov 30, 2021
Reviewed Dec 1, 2021
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database Dec 1, 2021
Last updated Sep 13, 2023

Severity

Moderate
4.6
/ 10

CVSS base metrics

Attack vector
Local
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
Required
Scope
Changed
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
Low
Availability
None
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Weaknesses

CVE ID

CVE-2021-25987

GHSA ID

GHSA-q54r-r9pr-w7qv

Source code

Credits

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