CVE-2021-43862
Versions prior to 2.31.1 contain a low impact and limited cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability.
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (1.04%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
jQuery Terminal Emulator is a plugin for creating command line interpreters in your applications. Versions prior to 2.31.1 contain a low impact and limited cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability. The code for XSS payload is always visible, but an attacker can use other techniques to hide the code the victim sees. If the application uses the `execHash` option and executes code from URL, the attacker can use this URL to execute their code. The scope is limited because the javascript attribute used is added to span tag, so no automatic execution like with `onerror` on images is possible. This issue is fixed in version 2.31.1. As a workaround, the user can use formatting that wrap whole user input and its no op. The code for this workaround is available in the GitHub Security Advisory. The fix will only work when user of the library is not using different formatters (e.g. to highlight code in different way).
- CVSS 3.1
- 5.4 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
- EPSS
- 1.04% probability · 62th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-80, CWE-79
- Affected
- jquery.terminal project/jquery.terminal
- Source
- security-advisories@github.com
References
- https://github.com/jcubic/jquery.terminal/commit/77eb044d0896e990d48a9157f0bc6648f81a84b5Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/jcubic/jquery.terminal/issues/727Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/jcubic/jquery.terminal/releases/tag/2.31.1Release Notes, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/jcubic/jquery.terminal/security/advisories/GHSA-x9r5-jxvq-4387Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/jcubic/jquery.terminal/commit/77eb044d0896e990d48a9157f0bc6648f81a84b5Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/jcubic/jquery.terminal/issues/727Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/jcubic/jquery.terminal/releases/tag/2.31.1Release Notes, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/jcubic/jquery.terminal/security/advisories/GHSA-x9r5-jxvq-4387Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.