Cross-site Scripting in vis-timeline

MEDIUM 6.8CVE-2020-28487 · GHSA-9mrv-456v-pf22 · Published 22/01/2021 · updated 17/06/2026

In short

CVE-2020-28487 is a MEDIUM (CVSS 6.8) vulnerability affecting vis-timeline (visjs), vis-timeline.
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 1.5%, higher than 73.8% of all vulnerabilities.
Fix: update to 7.4.4 or later.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
vis-timeline visjs	`< 7.4.4`	`7.4.4`
vis-timeline npm	`< 7.4.4`	`7.4.4`

Description

This affects the package vis-timeline before 7.4.4. An attacker with the ability to control the items of a Timeline element can inject additional script code into the generated application.

NVD description

This affects the package vis-timeline before 7.4.4. An attacker with the ability to control the items of a Timeline element can inject additional script code into the generated application.

References

nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-28487 · ADVISORY
visjs/vis-timeline · WEB
visjs/vis-timeline#840 · WEB
visjs/vis-timeline commit a7ca349 · WEB
snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JAVA-ORGWEBJARSBOWERGITHUBVISJS-1063502 · WEB
snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JAVA-ORGWEBJARSNPM-1063501 · WEB
snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JS-VISTIMELINE-1063500 · WEB

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