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CVE-2022-39353
November 02, 2022
xmldom is a pure JavaScript W3C standard-based (XML DOM Level 2 Core) "DOMParser" and "XMLSerializer" module. xmldom parses XML that is not well-formed because it contains multiple top level elements, and adds all root nodes to the "childNodes" collection of the "Document", without reporting any error or throwing. This breaks the assumption that there is only a single root node in the tree, which led to issuance of CVE-2022-39299 as it is a potential issue for dependents. Update to @xmldom/xmldom@~0.7.7, @xmldom/xmldom@~0.8.4 (dist-tag latest) or @xmldom/xmldom@>=0.9.0-beta.4 (dist-tag next). As a workaround, please one of the following approaches depending on your use case: instead of searching for elements in the whole DOM, only search in the "documentElement"or reject a document with a document that has more then 1 "childNode".
Affected Packages
@xmldom/xmldom (NPM):
Affected version(s) >=0.7.0 <0.7.7
Fix Suggestion:
Update to version 0.7.7
@xmldom/xmldom (NPM):
Affected version(s) >=0.9.0-beta.1 <0.9.0-beta.4
Fix Suggestion:
Update to version 0.9.0-beta.4
@xmldom/xmldom (NPM):
Affected version(s) >=0.8.0 <0.8.4
Fix Suggestion:
Update to version 0.8.4
Additional Notes
The description of this vulnerability differs from MITRE.
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CVSS v4
Base Score:
8.8
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Attack Requirements
NONE
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Vulnerable System Confidentiality
LOW
Vulnerable System Integrity
HIGH
Vulnerable System Availability
HIGH
Subsequent System Confidentiality
NONE
Subsequent System Integrity
NONE
Subsequent System Availability
NONE
CVSS v3
Base Score:
9.4
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
LOW
Integrity
HIGH
Availability
HIGH
Weakness Type (CWE)
Improper Input Validation
Improper Validation of Consistency within Input
EPSS
Base Score:
0.97