CVE-2021-37634

High

Description

Leafkit is a templating language with Swift-inspired syntax. Versions prior to 1.3.0 are susceptible to Cross-site Scripting (XSS) attacks. This affects anyone passing unsanitised data to Leaf's variable tags. Before this fix, Leaf would not escape any strings passed to tags as variables. If an attacker managed to find a variable that was rendered with their unsanitised data, they could inject scripts into a generated Leaf page, which could enable XSS attacks if other mitigations such as a Content Security Policy were not enabled. This has been patched in 1.3.0. As a workaround sanitize any untrusted input before passing it to Leaf and enable a CSP to block inline script and CSS data.

SeverityHigh
CVSS7.4
Exploit probability—
ProductVapor Leafkit
PublishedAug 9, 2021
First seenAug 9, 2021

How to fix

Update
  • vapor leafkit1.3.0 or later

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
vapor leafkitv < 1.3.01.3.0

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