CVE-2021-32796 (Medium) detected in xmldom-0.1.31.tgz

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CVE-2021-32796 - Medium Severity Vulnerability

Vulnerable Library - xmldom-0.1.31.tgz

A W3C Standard XML DOM(Level2 CORE) implementation and parser(DOMParser/XMLSerializer).

Library home page: https://registry.npmjs.org/xmldom/-/xmldom-0.1.31.tgz

Path to dependency file: /package.json

Path to vulnerable library: /node_modules/xmldom/package.json

Dependency Hierarchy:

• react-native-0.64.2.tgz (Root Library)
  • cli-platform-ios-5.0.1.tgz
    • plist-3.0.1.tgz
      • :x: xmldom-0.1.31.tgz (Vulnerable Library)

Found in HEAD commit: 8be3404918e0a34c3fe2a30a63a0908885edf9e0

Found in base branch: develop

Vulnerability Details

xmldom is an open source pure JavaScript W3C standard-based (XML DOM Level 2 Core) DOMParser and XMLSerializer module. xmldom versions 0.6.0 and older do not correctly escape special characters when serializing elements removed from their ancestor. This may lead to unexpected syntactic changes during XML processing in some downstream applications. This issue has been resolved in version 0.7.0. As a workaround downstream applications can validate the input and reject the maliciously crafted documents.

Publish Date: 2021-07-27

URL: CVE-2021-32796

CVSS 3 Score Details (5.3)

Base Score Metrics:

• Exploitability Metrics:
  • Attack Vector: Network
  • Attack Complexity: Low
  • Privileges Required: None
  • User Interaction: None
  • Scope: Unchanged
• Impact Metrics:
  • Confidentiality Impact: None
  • Integrity Impact: Low
  • Availability Impact: None

For more information on CVSS3 Scores, click here.

Suggested Fix

Type: Upgrade version

Origin: https://github.com/xmldom/xmldom/security/advisories/GHSA-5fg8-2547-mr8q

Release Date: 2021-07-27

Fix Resolution: @xmldom/xmldom - 0.7.0

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