Bootstrap Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability
Published: July 11, 2024
SECURITY IDENTIFIERS
- CVE: CVE-2024-6484 (NVD)
- GHSA: GHSA-9mvj-f7w8-pvh2
GEM
SEVERITY
CVSS v3.x: 6.4 (Medium)
UNAFFECTED VERSIONS
< 2.0.0
PATCHED VERSIONS
> 3.4.1
DESCRIPTION
A vulnerability has been identified in Bootstrap that exposes users to Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) attacks. The issue is present in the carousel component, where the data-slide and data-slide-to attributes can be exploited through the href attribute of an <a> tag due to inadequate sanitization. This vulnerability could potentially enable attackers to execute arbitrary JavaScript within the victim's browser.
