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5.4med

CVE-2016-10537

Cross-Site Scripting in backbone

Also known as GHSA-j6p2-cx3w-6jcp

Published 8 y ago · modified 4 mo ago · JSON

CVSS
5.4
v3.0 · NVD
CISA KEV
No
not known exploited
EPSS
0.7%
percentile 52%
Public exploits
0
none known

backbone is a module that adds in structure to a JavaScript heavy application through key-value pairs and custom events connecting to your RESTful API through JSON There exists a potential Cross Site Scripting vulnerability in the `Model#Escape` function of backbone 0.3.3 and earlier, if a user is able to supply input. This is due to the regex that's replacing things to miss the conversion of things such as `<` to `<`.

Exploit prediction (EPSS)

0.68% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 52% of all scored CVEs.

CVSS scores

Assigned byVersionScoreVector
NVD3.05.4CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
NVD2.03.5AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N
GitHub3.05.4CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Affected packages

EcosystemPackageAffectedFixed in
npmbackbone
>=0.3.3, <0.5.0
0.5.0

Affected products

  • HackerOne backbone node module

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation

References

  • nodesecurity.io /advisories/108 · x_refsource_MISC, x_transferred
  • github.com /jashkenas/backbone/compare/0.3.3...0.5.0#diff-0d56d0d310de7ff18b3cef9c2f8f75dcL1008 · x_refsource_MISC, x_transferred
  • nvd.nist.gov /vuln/detail/CVE-2016-10537 · advisory
  • github.com /jashkenas/backbone/commit/0cdc525961d3fa98e810ffae6bcc8e3838e36d93 · web
  • github.com /jashkenas/backbone/commit/7ae0384120c2552e1c426cda7fb02fdce6ef1076 · web
  • backbonejs.org /#changelog · web
  • github.com /jashkenas/backbone · package
  • github.com /jashkenas/backbone/blame/0cdc525961d3fa98e810ffae6bcc8e3838e36d93/backbone.js · web

Sources

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