CVE-2016-5682: Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

September 1, 2020 (updated September 23, 2021)

Swagger-UI before 2.2.1 has XSS via the Default field in the Definitions section.

References

community.rapid7.com/community/infosec/blog/2016/09/02/r7-2016-19-persistent-xss-via-unescaped-parameters-in-swagger-ui
github.com/advisories/GHSA-p239-93f7-h6xf
github.com/swagger-api/swagger-ui/issues/1865
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-5682
www.npmjs.com/advisories/126

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