cve-2021-26539
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2021-02-08 16:16
Modified
2024-08-03 20:26
Severity ?
Summary
Apostrophe Technologies sanitize-html before 2.3.1 does not properly handle internationalized domain name (IDN) which could allow an attacker to bypass hostname whitelist validation set by the "allowedIframeHostnames" option.
References
cve@mitre.orghttps://advisory.checkmarx.net/advisory/CX-2021-4308Exploit, Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://github.com/apostrophecms/sanitize-html/blob/main/CHANGELOG.md#231-2021-01-22Release Notes, Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://github.com/apostrophecms/sanitize-html/pull/458Patch, Third Party Advisory
Impacted products
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