GHSA-m64q-4jqh-f72f

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    GHSA-m64q-4jqh-f72f

    Published: 17 Apr 2024Last Modified: 10 Sept 2026

    Summary: Stored Cross-site Scripting (XSS) in excalidraw's web embed component

    Details: ### Summary A stored XSS vulnerability in Excalidraw's web embeddable component. This allows arbitrary JavaScript to be run in the context of the domain where the editor is hosted. ### Poc Inserting an embed with the below url (can be copy/pasted onto canvas to insert as embed) will log `42` to the console: ``` https://gist.github.com/vv=v<script>console.log(42)</script> ``` ### Details There were two vectors. One rendering untrusted string as iframe's `srcdoc` without properly sanitizing against HTML injection. Second by improperly sanitizing against attribute HTML injection. This in conjunction with allowing `allow-same-origin` sandbox flag (necessary for several embeds) resulted in the XSS. Former was fixed by no longer rendering unsafe `srcdoc` content verbatim, and instead strictly parsing the supplied content and constructing the `srcdoc` manually. The latter by sanitizing properly. The `allow-same-origin` flag is now also set only in cases that require it, following the principle of least privilege. ### Impact This is a cross site scripting vulnerability, for more information, please see: https://portswigger.net/web-security/cross-site-scripting Two npm `@excalidraw/excalidraw` stable version releases were affected (`0.16.x`, `0.17.x`), and both are now patched.

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: @excalidraw/excalidraw

    Purl: pkg:npm/%40excalidraw/excalidraw

    Affected ranges

    Type: SEMVER

    Events:

    Introduced- 0.16.0
    Fixed -0.16.4

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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