CVE-2023-25572: React-Admin vulnerable to Cross-Site-Scripting attack on `<RichTextField>`

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.4 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2023-02-13 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-79

Description

react-admin is a frontend framework for building browser applications on top of REST/GraphQL APIs. react-admin prior to versions 3.19.12 and 4.7.6, along with ra-ui-materialui prior to 3.19.12 and 4.7.6, are vulnerable to cross-site scripting. All React applications built with react-admin and using the `<RichTextField>` are affected. `<RichTextField>` outputs the field value using `dangerouslySetInnerHTML` without client-side sanitization. If the data isn't sanitized server-side, this opens a possible cross-site scripting (XSS) attack. Versions 3.19.12 and 4.7.6 now use `DOMPurify` to escape the HTML before outputting it with React and `dangerouslySetInnerHTML`. Users who already sanitize HTML data server-side do not need to upgrade. As a workaround, users may replace the `<RichTextField>` by a custom field doing sanitization by hand.

Affected products

marmelab Ra-Ui-Materialui: before 3.9.12; from 4.0.0 before 4.7.6 — fixed in 3.9.12, 4.7.6
marmelab react-admin: before 3.9.12; from 4.0.0 before 4.7.6 — fixed in 3.9.12, 4.7.6

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: marmelab Ra-Ui-Materialui 3.9.12, 4.7.6; marmelab react-admin 3.9.12, 4.7.6. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

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