Bootstrap - XSS vulnerability on versions under 2.1.0, on popover / tooltip.

Impact area

Security

Severity

High

Affected element

ServiceNow

UI Script

Salesforce

Static Resource


Rule number

SN-JSL-BOOTSTRAP-LESSTHAN-V210 (for ServiceNow)

SF-JSL-BOOTSTRAP-LESSTHAN-V210 (for Salesforce)

Impact

Under some circumstances, it is possible to include an XSS attack on text passed to the bootstrap popover/tooltip function in versions before 2.1.0.

Remediation

Update bootstrap to the latest version.

Time to fix

30 min

References

This rule is linked to Common Weakness Enumeration CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting').




Last modified on Sep 2, 2021