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CVE-2020-26296: Cross-site Scripting

December 30, 2020 (updated January 6, 2021)

Vega is a visualization grammar, a declarative format for creating, saving, and sharing interactive visualization designs. In Vega there is an XSS vulnerability in Vega expressions. Through a specially crafted Vega expression, an attacker could execute arbitrary javascript on a victim’s machine.

References

  • nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-26296

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Affected versions

All versions before 5.17.3

Fixed versions

  • 5.17.3

Solution

Upgrade to version 5.17.3 or above.

Impact 8.7 HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N

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Weakness

  • CWE-79: Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

Source file

npm/vega/CVE-2020-26296.yml

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