CVE-2023-1932: hibernate-validator Cross-site Scripting vulnerability

November 7, 2024 (updated September 12, 2025)

A flaw was found in hibernate-validator’s ‘isValid’ method in the org.hibernate.validator.internal.constraintvalidators.hv.SafeHtmlValidator class, which can be bypassed by omitting the tag ending in a less-than character. Browsers may render an invalid html, allowing HTML injection or Cross-Site-Scripting (XSS) attacks.

References

access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-1932
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1809444
github.com/advisories/GHSA-x83m-pf6f-pf9g
github.com/hibernate/hibernate-validator
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-1932

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