GHSA-xgfm-fjx6-62mj – readthedocs-sphinx-search

Package

Manager: pip
Name: readthedocs-sphinx-search
Vulnerable Version: >=0 <0.3.2

Severity

Level: Medium

CVSS v3.1: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:N

CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:P/VC:H/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

EPSS: N/A pctlN/A

Details

readthedocs-sphinx-search vulnerable to cross-site scripting when including search results from malicious projects ### Impact This vulnerability could have allowed an attacker to include arbitrary HTML content in search results by having a user search a malicious project. This was due to our search client not correctly escaping all user content from search results. You can find more information in the [advisory published in our readthedocs.org repo](https://github.com/readthedocs/readthedocs.org/security/advisories/GHSA-qhqx-5j25-rv48). Users of this extension should update to the 0.3.2 version, and trigger a new build. This issue was discovered by a member of our team, and we have seen no signs that this vulnerability was exploited in the wild. ### Patches This issue has been patched in our 0.3.2 version. ### References - https://github.com/readthedocs/readthedocs-sphinx-search/commit/8c6f6d01e88e72ef32ed0c220b6c19d1e1121c73 ### For more information If you have any questions or comments about this advisory, email us at [security@readthedocs.org](mailto:security@readthedocs.org) ([PGP](https://docs.readthedocs.io/page/security.html#pgp-key))

Metadata

Created: 2024-01-16T20:48:16Z
Modified: 2024-01-16T20:48:16Z
Source: https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2024/01/GHSA-xgfm-fjx6-62mj/GHSA-xgfm-fjx6-62mj.json
CWE IDs: ["CWE-79"]
Alternative ID: N/A
Finding: F008
Auto approve: 1