CVE-2024-21501

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Published 2024-02-24 · Modified 2024-08-28

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CVSS v3

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CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

CVSS v4 NEW

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not yet in upstream

VIR risk

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Description

Versions of the package sanitize-html before 2.12.1 are vulnerable to Information Exposure when used on the backend and with the style attribute allowed, allowing enumeration of files in the system (including project dependencies). An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to gather details about the file system structure and dependencies of the targeted server.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

30%

Patch ETA

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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No mitigations published for this CVE yet.

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OS impact

OS	Version	Status	Fixed in
debian	bookworm	affected
debian	forky	fixed	`2.13.0+~2.11.0-1`
debian	sid	fixed	`2.13.0+~2.11.0-1`
debian	trixie	fixed	`2.13.0+~2.11.0-1`

Package impact

Ecosystem	Package	Vulnerable	Fixed
npm	sanitize-html	`<2.12.1`	`2.12.1`

References

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.