CVE-2023-33962
Prior to version 1.0.1, JStachio fails to escape single quotes `'` in HTML, allowing an attacker to inject malicious code.
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.58%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
JStachio is a type-safe Java Mustache templating engine. Prior to version 1.0.1, JStachio fails to escape single quotes `'` in HTML, allowing an attacker to inject malicious code. This vulnerability can be exploited by an attacker to execute arbitrary JavaScript code in the context of other users visiting pages that use this template engine. This can lead to various consequences, including session hijacking, defacement of web pages, theft of sensitive information, or even the propagation of malware. Version 1.0.1 contains a patch for this issue. To mitigate this vulnerability, the template engine should properly escape special characters, including single quotes. Common practice is to escape `'` as `'`. As a workaround, users can avoid this issue by using only double quotes `"` for HTML attributes.
- CVSS 3.1
- 6.1 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
- EPSS
- 0.58% probability · 46th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-79
- Affected
- jstachio project/jstachio
- Source
- security-advisories@github.com
References
- https://github.com/jstachio/jstachio/commit/7b2f78377d1284df14c580be762a25af5f8dcd66Patch
- https://github.com/jstachio/jstachio/issues/157Issue Tracking, Patch
- https://github.com/jstachio/jstachio/pull/158Patch
- https://github.com/jstachio/jstachio/releases/tag/v1.0.1Release Notes
- https://github.com/jstachio/jstachio/security/advisories/GHSA-gwxv-jv83-6qjrExploit, Vendor Advisory
- https://github.com/jstachio/jstachio/commit/7b2f78377d1284df14c580be762a25af5f8dcd66Patch
- https://github.com/jstachio/jstachio/issues/157Issue Tracking, Patch
- https://github.com/jstachio/jstachio/pull/158Patch
- https://github.com/jstachio/jstachio/releases/tag/v1.0.1Release Notes
- https://github.com/jstachio/jstachio/security/advisories/GHSA-gwxv-jv83-6qjrExploit, Vendor Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.