CVE-2023-44270 (Medium) detected in postcss-7.0.35.tgz

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CVE-2023-44270 - Medium Severity Vulnerability

Vulnerable Library - postcss-7.0.35.tgz

Tool for transforming styles with JS plugins

Library home page: https://registry.npmjs.org/postcss/-/postcss-7.0.35.tgz

Path to dependency file: /day60/package.json

Path to vulnerable library: /day60/package.json,/day59/package.json

Dependency Hierarchy:

• gulp-autoprefixer-7.0.1.tgz (Root Library)
  • ❌ postcss-7.0.35.tgz (Vulnerable Library)

Found in HEAD commit: c88b9429eb68a85b22f0e39cac7bf20b89cb6709

Found in base branch: master

Vulnerability Details

An issue was discovered in PostCSS before 8.4.31. The vulnerability affects linters using PostCSS to parse external untrusted CSS. An attacker can prepare CSS in such a way that it will contains parts parsed by PostCSS as a CSS comment. After processing by PostCSS, it will be included in the PostCSS output in CSS nodes (rules, properties) despite being included in a comment.

Publish Date: 2023-09-29

URL: CVE-2023-44270

CVSS 3 Score Details (5.3)

Base Score Metrics:

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

For more information on CVSS3 Scores, click here.

Suggested Fix

Type: Upgrade version

Origin: GHSA-7fh5-64p2-3v2j

Release Date: 2023-09-29

Fix Resolution: postcss - 8.4.31

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