CVE-2023-23630: Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

February 1, 2023 (updated November 7, 2023)

Eta is an embedded JS templating engine that works inside Node, Deno, and the browser. XSS attack - anyone using the Express API is impacted. The problem has been resolved. Users should upgrade to version 2.0.0. As a workaround, don’t pass user supplied things directly to res.render.

References

github.com/advisories/GHSA-xrh7-m5pp-39r6
github.com/eta-dev/eta/commit/5651392462ee0ff19d77c8481081a99e5b9138dd
github.com/eta-dev/eta/security/advisories/GHSA-xrh7-m5pp-39r6

Code Behaviors & Features

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