PT-2021-11547 · Unknown · Vis-Timeline

Hans-Martin Münch · Published 2021-01-22 · Updated 2021-04-13 · CVE-2020-28487

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

6.8

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:L

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: vis-timeline versions prior to 7.4.4

Description: The issue allows an attacker with the ability to control the items of a Timeline element to inject additional script code into the generated application. This can be done by exploiting the vulnerability in the vis-timeline package.

Recommendations: For vis-timeline versions prior to 7.4.4, update to version 7.4.4 or later to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting access to the Timeline element to minimize the risk of exploitation. Avoid using the vis-timeline package until the issue is resolved.

Exploit

Fix

XSS

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-79

Related Identifiers

CVE-2020-28487

GHSA-9MRV-456V-PF22

SNYK-JAVA-ORGWEBJARSBOWERGITHUBVISJS-1063502

SNYK-JAVA-ORGWEBJARSNPM-1063501

SNYK-JS-VISTIMELINE-1063500

Affected Products

Vis-Timeline

References · 10

• 🔥 https://snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JS-VISTIMELINE-1063500 · Exploit
• 🔥 https://snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JAVA-ORGWEBJARSBOWERGITHUBVISJS-1063502 · Exploit
• 🔥 https://snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JAVA-ORGWEBJARSNPM-1063501 · Exploit
• https://github.com/visjs/vis-timeline/pull/840 · Patch
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-9mrv-456v-pf22 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-28487 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2020-28487 · Vendor Advisory
• https://github.com/visjs/vis-timeline/issues/838 · Note
• https://github.com/visjs/vis-timeline/commit/a7ca349c7b3b6080efd05776ac77bb27176d4d3f · Note
• https://t.me/cibsecurity/22529 · Telegram Post