CVE-2022-1291
JavaScript vulnerability analysis and mitigation

Overview

XSS vulnerability (CVE-2022-1291) was discovered in the default onCellHtmlData function in GitHub repository hhurz/tableexport.jquery.plugin prior to version 1.25.0. The vulnerability could allow transmitting cookies to third-party servers and sending data from secure sessions to third-party servers (NVD).

Technical details

The vulnerability has been assigned a CVSS v3.1 base score of 5.4 (MEDIUM) with vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N by NIST NVD, while huntr.dev assessed it with a higher score of 7.6 (HIGH) with vector CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:L. The vulnerability is classified as CWE-79 (Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation - Cross-site Scripting) (NVD).

Impact

The vulnerability could lead to the transmission of cookies and secure session data to third-party servers, potentially compromising user data security and privacy (NVD).

Mitigation and workarounds

The vulnerability was patched in version 1.25.0 of the tableexport.jquery.plugin. Users should upgrade to this version or later to mitigate the security risk (GitHub Patch).

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