GHSA-85q9-7467-r53q

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Source
https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-85q9-7467-r53q
Import Source
https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2022/06/GHSA-85q9-7467-r53q/GHSA-85q9-7467-r53q.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/GHSA-85q9-7467-r53q
Published
2022-06-17T21:51:45Z
Modified
2026-05-05T15:58:34Z
Summary
XSS Vulnerability in Markdown Editor
Details

Impact

InvenTree uses EasyMDE for displaying markdown text in various places (e.g. for the various "notes" fields associated with various models).

By default, EasyMDE does not sanitize input data, and it is possible for malicious code to be injected into the markdown editor, and executed in the users browser.

Note: This malicious data must be first uploaded to the database by an authorized user, so the risk here is limited to trusted users

Solution

The solution here is two-fold:

  • Enable data sanitization for the EasyMDE renderer - #3205
  • Enforce cleaning of all data uploaded to the database via the API - #3204 (This will be ready for the 0.8.0 release)

Patches

  • The issue is addressed in the 0.8.0 release
  • This fix was back-ported to the 0.7.x branch, applied to the 0.7.3 release

Workarounds

There is no workaround for this issue without upgrading InvenTree to the specified version.

References

For more information

If you have any questions or comments about this advisory:

Database specific 
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    "cwe_ids":  [
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    "github_reviewed_at":  "2022-06-17T21:51:45Z",
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References

Affected packages

PyPI / inventree

Package

Name
inventree
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Purl
pkg:pypi/inventree

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
0.7.3

Affected versions

0.*
0.0.1
0.0.2
0.0.3
0.0.4
0.0.5
0.0.6
0.0.7
0.0.8
0.0.9
0.1.0
0.1.1
0.1.2
0.1.3
0.1.4
0.2.4
0.3.1
0.3.2
0.4.4
0.6.0
0.6.1
0.7.0
0.7.1
0.7.2

Database specific

source 
"https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2022/06/GHSA-85q9-7467-r53q/GHSA-85q9-7467-r53q.json"