CVE-2018-16459
Cross-Site Scripting in exceljs
6.1
MEDIUM
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 0.17%
Description
Versions of `exceljs` before 1.6.0 are vulnerable to cross-site scripting. This vulnerability is due to `exceljs` not validating data from parsed XLSX file and embedding HTML tags, like `<script>` directly into the sheet cells. Because of this it's possible to inject malicious JavaScript code and execute it when data from the sheet is displayed in the browser. ## Recommendation Update to version 1.6.0 or later.
How to fix CVE-2018-16459
To remediate CVE-2018-16459, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- —upgrade to 1.6.0 or later
Is CVE-2018-16459 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 0.2%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (1)
- from 0, < 1.6.0
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | MEDIUM6.1 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N |