CVE-2021-43861

Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') in npm/mermaid

Identifiers

CVE-2021-43861, GHSA-p3rp-vmj9-gv6v

Package Slug

npm/mermaid

Vulnerability

Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

Description

Mermaid is a Javascript based diagramming and charting tool that uses Markdown-inspired text definitions and a renderer to create and modify complex diagrams., malicious diagrams can run javascript code at diagram readers' machines. Users should upgrade to to receive a patch. There are no known workarounds aside from upgrading.

Affected Versions

All versions before 8.13.8

Solution

Upgrade to version 8.13.8 or above.

Last Modified

2022-01-12

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