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Medium · 5.4 CVE-2024-38527 EUVD-2024-2136GHSA-q6xv-jm4v-349h

Cross-site Scripting in ZenUML

Published Jun 26, 2024 · Updated Aug 2, 2024 · Assigned by GitHub_M

Description

ZenUML is JavaScript-based diagramming tool that requires no server, using Markdown-inspired text definitions and a renderer to create and modify sequence diagrams. Markdown-based comments in the ZenUML diagram syntax are susceptible to Cross-site Scripting (XSS). The comment feature allows the user to attach small notes for reference. This feature allows the user to enter in their comment in markdown comment, allowing them to use common markdown features, such as `**` for bolded text. However, the markdown text is currently not sanitized before rendering, allowing an attacker to enter a malicious payload for the comment which leads to XSS. This puts existing applications that use ZenUML unsandboxed at risk of arbitrary JavaScript execution when rendering user-controlled diagrams. This vulnerability was patched in version 3.23.25,

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
mermaid-js zenuml-core < 3.23.25 —

Affected packages

EcosystemPackageAffectedFixedRecord
npm @zenuml/core < 3.23.25 3.23.25 GHSA-q6xv-jm4v-349h

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