CVE-2023-24540 (GCVE-0-2023-24540)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-05-11 15:29 – Updated: 2025-01-24 16:45
VLAI
Title
Improper handling of JavaScript whitespace in html/template
Summary
Not all valid JavaScript whitespace characters are considered to be whitespace. Templates containing whitespace characters outside of the character set "\t\n\f\r\u0020\u2028\u2029" in JavaScript contexts that also contain actions may not be properly sanitized during execution.
Severity
9.8 (Critical)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: yes Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2025-01-24 16:42 UTC
CWE
  • CWE-74 - Improper input validation
  • CWE-77 - Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in a Command ('Command Injection')
Assigner
Go
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Go standard library html/template Affected: 0 , < 1.19.9 (semver)
Affected: 1.20.0-0 , < 1.20.4 (semver)
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Credits
Juho Nurminen of Mattermost
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