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CVE-2020-28502

High

Description

This affects the package xmlhttprequest before 1.7.0; all versions of package xmlhttprequest-ssl. Provided requests are sent synchronously (async=False on xhr.open), malicious user input flowing into xhr.send could result in arbitrary code being injected and run.

SeverityHigh
CVSS8.1
Exploit probability—
ProductXmlhttprequest
PublishedMar 5, 2021
First seenMar 5, 2021

How to fix

Update
  • xmlhttprequest_project xmlhttprequest1.7.0 or later
  • xmlhttprequest1.7.0 or later
  • xmlhttprequest-ssl1.6.2 or later

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
xmlhttprequest_project xmlhttprequestv < 1.7.01.7.0
xmlhttprequestnpmv < 1.7.01.7.0
xmlhttprequest-sslnpmv < 1.6.21.6.2

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