Vigil@nce - Node.js rendr-handlebars: Cross Site Scripting
September 2016 by Vigil@nce
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SYNTHESIS OF THE VULNERABILITY
An attacker can trigger a Cross Site Scripting of Node.js
rendr-handlebars, in order to run JavaScript code in the context
of the web site.
Impacted products: Node.js Modules not comprehensive.
Severity: 2/4.
Creation date: 26/07/2016.
DESCRIPTION OF THE VULNERABILITY
The rendr-handlebars module can be installed on Node.js.
However, it does not filter received data before inserting them in
generated HTML documents.
An attacker can therefore trigger a Cross Site Scripting of
Node.js rendr-handlebars, in order to run JavaScript code in the
context of the web site.
ACCESS TO THE COMPLETE VIGIL@NCE BULLETIN
https://vigilance.fr/vulnerability/Node-js-rendr-handlebars-Cross-Site-Scripting-20212