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  1. Critical, CVSS 9.8npmAmendedPublished

    xmlhttprequest and xmlhttprequest-ssl vulnerable to Arbitrary Code Injection

    CVE-2020-28502 · GHSA-h4j5-c7cj-74xg

    Affected
    • npm xmlhttprequest < 1.7.0
    Fixed in
    1.7.0· Vendor fix available
    Issue
    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.

    Recommended action: Upgrade to 1.7.0 or later, then redeploy and verify.A vendor fix does not resolve your finding until you verify it in your own systems.

    Sources:osv.dev (1)github.com (2)Source checked Evidence →