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CVE-2021-23472: Cross-site Scripting (XSS)

• Severity: medium (CVSS 6.1 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 2.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2021-11-03 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-843

Description

This affects versions before 1.19.1 of package bootstrap-table. A type confusion vulnerability can lead to a bypass of input sanitization when the input provided to the escapeHTML function is an array (instead of a string) even if the escape attribute is set.

Affected products

• wenzhixin/bootstrap-table: before 1.19.1 — fixed in 1.19.1

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: wenzhixin/bootstrap-table 1.19.1. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://github.com/wenzhixin/bootstrap-table/blob/develop/src/utils/index.js%23L218
• https://security.snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JS-BOOTSTRAPTABLE-1657597
• https://snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JAVA-ORGWEBJARS-1910690
• https://snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JAVA-ORGWEBJARSBOWER-1910689
• https://snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JAVA-ORGWEBJARSBOWERGITHUBWENZHIXIN-1910687
• https://snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JAVA-ORGWEBJARSNPM-1910688
• https://snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JS-BOOTSTRAPTABLE-1657597
• https://github.com/wenzhixin/bootstrap-table/blob/develop/src/utils/index.js%23L218
• https://security.snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JS-BOOTSTRAPTABLE-1657597
• https://snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JAVA-ORGWEBJARS-1910690
• https://snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JAVA-ORGWEBJARSBOWER-1910689
• https://snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JAVA-ORGWEBJARSBOWERGITHUBWENZHIXIN-1910687

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