CVE-2022-39353 (Critical) detected in xmldom-0.1.31.tgz

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CVE-2022-39353 - Critical Severity Vulnerability

Vulnerable Library - xmldom-0.1.31.tgz

A W3C Standard XML DOM(Level2 CORE) implementation and parser(DOMParser/XMLSerializer).

Library home page: https://registry.npmjs.org/xmldom/-/xmldom-0.1.31.tgz

Path to dependency file: /package.json

Path to vulnerable library: /node_modules/xmldom/package.json

Dependency Hierarchy:

• cli-6.0.0-beta.52.tgz (Root Library)
  • core-6.0.0-beta.52.tgz
    • electron-packager-15.2.0.tgz
      • plist-3.0.1.tgz
        • ❌ xmldom-0.1.31.tgz (Vulnerable Library)

Found in HEAD commit: 3cd87b6bd836577823aeec2421fcbc88149b6c41

Found in base branch: main

Vulnerability Details

xmldom is a pure JavaScript W3C standard-based (XML DOM Level 2 Core) DOMParser and XMLSerializer module. xmldom parses XML that is not well-formed because it contains multiple top level elements, and adds all root nodes to the childNodes collection of the Document, without reporting any error or throwing. This breaks the assumption that there is only a single root node in the tree, which led to issuance of CVE-2022-39299 as it is a potential issue for dependents. Update to @xmldom/xmldom@~0.7.7, @xmldom/xmldom@~0.8.4 (dist-tag latest) or @xmldom/xmldom@>=0.9.0-beta.4 (dist-tag next). As a workaround, please one of the following approaches depending on your use case: instead of searching for elements in the whole DOM, only search in the documentElementor reject a document with a document that has more then 1 childNode.

Publish Date: 2022-11-02

URL: CVE-2022-39353

CVSS 3 Score Details (9.8)

Base Score Metrics:

• Exploitability Metrics:
  • Attack Vector: Network
  • Attack Complexity: Low
  • Privileges Required: None
  • User Interaction: None
  • Scope: Unchanged
• Impact Metrics:
  • Confidentiality Impact: High
  • Integrity Impact: High
  • Availability Impact: High

For more information on CVSS3 Scores, click here.

Suggested Fix

Type: Upgrade version

Origin: GHSA-crh6-fp67-6883

Release Date: 2022-11-02

Fix Resolution: @xmldom/xmldom - 0.7.7,0.8.4

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