CVE-2021-37634 HIGH

CVE-2021-37634: LeafKit allows XSS with untrusted user input

Vendor Vapor
Product leaf-kit
Weakness CWE-79 · XSS
Published August 9, 2021
Last update August 4, 2024

CVSS base score

7.4/10
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction Required
Confidentiality High
Integrity None

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N

What the vulnerability does

01Description

Leafkit is a templating language with Swift-inspired syntax. Versions prior to 1.3.0 are susceptible to Cross-site Scripting (XSS) attacks. This affects anyone passing unsanitised data to Leaf's variable tags. Before this fix, Leaf would not escape any strings passed to tags as variables. If an attacker managed to find a variable that was rendered with their unsanitised data, they could inject scripts into a generated Leaf page, which could enable XSS attacks if other mitigations such as a Content Security Policy were not enabled. This has been patched in 1.3.0. As a workaround sanitize any untrusted input before passing it to Leaf and enable a CSP to block inline script and CSS data.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

August 9, 2021 CVE published
August 4, 2024 Record updated