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Status published
Low
CVE-2021-23445
Cross-site Scripting (XSS)
Vulnerability Description
This affects the package datatables.net before 1.11.3. If an array is passed to the HTML escape entities function it would not have its contents escaped.
Impact Analysis
Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.
Remediation
Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.
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Credits & Attribution
The following person or organization is credited with identifying this vulnerability, as recorded in the NVD database:
- Alessio Della Libera of Snyk Research Team
References
- https://snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JS-DATATABLESNET-1540544
- https://snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JAVA-ORGWEBJARSBOWER-1715371
- https://snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JAVA-ORGWEBJARSNPM-1715376
- https://github.com/DataTables/Dist-DataTables/commit/59a8d3f8a3c1138ab08704e783bc52bfe88d7c9b
- https://cdn.datatables.net/1.11.3/
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/08/msg00018.html
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20240621-0006/
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Affected Vendor
Affected Software
datatables.net
Vulnerable Versions:
unspecified
Timeline
Official Publish:
September 27th, 2021
Last Modified:
September 16th, 2024
Added to House:
July 21st, 2026
CVSS Vectors
V3:
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N/E:P
Weaknesses (CWE)
No CWE data available
MITRE ATT&CK TTPs
No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.