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CVE-2017-16008

UNKNOWN
Published 2018-06-04T19:00:00Z
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Description

i18next is a language translation framework. Because of how the interpolation is implemented, making replacements from the dictionary one at a time, untrusted user input can use the name of one of the dictionary keys to inject script into the browser. This affects i18next <=1.10.2.

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No exploits available for this CVE.

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Affected Products

HackerOne

i18next node module

Affected Versions:

<=1.10.2

GitHub Security Advisories

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Cross-Site Scripting in i18next

GHSA-f89g-whpf-6q9m

Advisory Details

Affected versions of `i18next` allow untrusted user input to be injected into dictionary key names, resulting in a cross-site scripting vulnerability. ## Proof of Concept ```js var init = i18n.init({debug: true}, function(){ var test = i18n.t('__firstName__ __lastName__', { escapeInterpolation: true, firstName: '__lastNameHTML__', lastName: '<script>', }); console.log(test); }); // equals "<script> &lt;script&gt;" ``` ## Recommendation Update to version 1.10.3 or later.

Affected Packages

npm i18next
ECOSYSTEM: ≥0 <1.10.3

CVSS Scoring

CVSS Score

5.0

CVSS Vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

References

ADVISORY https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-16008
WEB https://github.com/i18next/i18next/pull/443
ADVISORY https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-f89g-whpf-6q9m
WEB https://www.npmjs.com/advisories/325

Advisory provided by GitHub Security Advisory Database. Published: November 9, 2018, Modified: September 8, 2023

References

https://nodesecurity.io/advisories/325
https://github.com/i18next/i18next/pull/443
Published: 2018-06-04T19:00:00Z
Last Modified: 2024-09-16T17:53:16.453Z
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