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Medium · 6.1 CVE-2021-35440 EUVD-2022-1905GHSA-254j-mmc5-qhpx

Smashing Cross-site Scripting vulnerability

Published Jul 6, 2021 · Updated Aug 4, 2024 · Assigned by mitre

Description

Smashing 1.3.4 is vulnerable to Cross Site Scripting (XSS). A URL for a widget can be crafted and used to execute JavaScript on the victim's computer. The JavaScript code can then steal data available in the session/cookies depending on the user environment (e.g. if re-using internal URL's for deploying, or cookies that are very permissive) private information may be retrieved by the attacker.

Affected packages

EcosystemPackageAffectedFixedRecord
RubyGems smashing < 1.3.5 1.3.5 GHSA-254j-mmc5-qhpx

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