CVE-2012-0007 (Low) detected in antixss.4.0.1.nupkg

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CVE-2012-0007 - Low Severity Vulnerability

Vulnerable Library - antixss.4.0.1.nupkg

AntiXSS is an encoding library which uses a safe list approach to encoding. It provides Html, XML, Url, Form, LDAP, CSS, JScript and VBScript encoding methods to allow you to avoid Cross Site Scripting attacks.

Library home page: https://api.nuget.org/packages/antixss.4.0.1.nupkg

Path to dependency file: /dotnetcore-webapp.csproj

Path to vulnerable library: /dotnetcore-webapp.csproj

Dependency Hierarchy:

• ❌ antixss.4.0.1.nupkg (Vulnerable Library)

Found in base branch: master

Vulnerability Details

The Microsoft Anti-Cross Site Scripting (AntiXSS) Library 3.x and 4.0 does not properly evaluate characters after the detection of a Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) escaped character, which allows remote attackers to conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks via HTML input, aka "AntiXSS Library Bypass Vulnerability."

Publish Date: 2012-01-10

URL: CVE-2012-0007

CVSS 3 Score Details (3.7)

Base Score Metrics:

• Exploitability Metrics:
  • Attack Vector: Network
  • Attack Complexity: High
  • 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: http://www.cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2012-0007

Release Date: 2012-01-10

Fix Resolution: 4.2.0

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