CVE-2023-1932 (Medium) detected in hibernate-validator-6.0.17.Final.jar

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CVE-2023-1932 - Medium Severity Vulnerability

Vulnerable Library - hibernate-validator-6.0.17.Final.jar

Hibernate's Bean Validation (JSR-380) reference implementation.

Library home page: http://hibernate.org/validator

Path to dependency file: /pom.xml

Path to vulnerable library: /home/wss-scanner/.m2/repository/org/hibernate/validator/hibernate-validator/6.0.17.Final/hibernate-validator-6.0.17.Final.jar

Dependency Hierarchy:

• spring-boot-starter-web-2.1.6.RELEASE.jar (Root Library)
  • ❌ hibernate-validator-6.0.17.Final.jar (Vulnerable Library)

Found in HEAD commit: 6f68d4360199ab4fbd2f6ce3141c048525c872f4

Found in base branch: master

Vulnerability Details

A vulnerability was found in hibernate-validator version 6.1.2.Final, where the method 'isValid' in the class org.hibernate.validator.internal.constraintvalidators.hv.SafeHtmlValidator can by bypassed by omitting the tag end (less than sign). Browsers typically still render the invalid html which leads to attacks like HTML injection and Cross-Site-Scripting.

Publish Date: 2023-04-07

URL: CVE-2023-1932

CVSS 3 Score Details (6.1)

Base Score Metrics:

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

For more information on CVSS3 Scores, click here.

Suggested Fix

Type: Upgrade version

Origin: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1809444

Release Date: 2023-04-07

Fix Resolution (org.hibernate.validator:hibernate-validator): 6.2.0.CR1

Direct dependency fix Resolution (org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-web): 2.3.0.RELEASE

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