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Cross-site Scripting in quill

Moderate severity GitHub Reviewed Published May 10, 2021 to the GitHub Advisory Database • Updated Aug 9, 2024

Package

npm quill (npm)

Affected versions

<= 1.3.7

Patched versions

None

Description

A vulnerability in the HTML editor of Slab Quill allows an attacker to execute arbitrary JavaScript by storing an XSS payload (a crafted onloadstart attribute of an IMG element) in a text field. No patch exists and no further releases are planned.

This CVE is disputed. Researchers have claimed that this issue is not within the product itself, but is intended behavior in a web browser. More information can be found here.

References

Published by the National Vulnerability Database Apr 12, 2021
Reviewed May 7, 2021
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database May 10, 2021
Last updated Aug 9, 2024

Severity

Moderate

CVSS overall score

This score calculates overall vulnerability severity from 0 to 10 and is based on the Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS).
/ 10

CVSS v3 base metrics

Attack vector
Network
Attack complexity
High
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
Low
Availability
None

CVSS v3 base metrics

Attack vector: More severe the more the remote (logically and physically) an attacker can be in order to exploit the vulnerability.
Attack complexity: More severe for the least complex attacks.
Privileges required: More severe if no privileges are required.
User interaction: More severe when no user interaction is required.
Scope: More severe when a scope change occurs, e.g. one vulnerable component impacts resources in components beyond its security scope.
Confidentiality: More severe when loss of data confidentiality is highest, measuring the level of data access available to an unauthorized user.
Integrity: More severe when loss of data integrity is the highest, measuring the consequence of data modification possible by an unauthorized user.
Availability: More severe when the loss of impacted component availability is highest.
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N

EPSS score

0.127%
(49th percentile)

Weaknesses

CVE ID

CVE-2021-3163

GHSA ID

GHSA-4943-9vgg-gr5r

Source code

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