| Package | Affected versions | Patched versions |
|---|---|---|
| org.dspace:dspace-jspui | ≥ 4.0, < 5.11≥ 6.0, < 6.4 | 5.116.4 |
| dspace | > 4.0, ≤ 5.10> 6.0, < 6.4 | 6.4 |
The JSPUI spellcheck "Did you mean" HTML escapes the data-spell attribute in the link, but not the actual displayed text. Similarly, the JSPUI autocomplete HTML does not properly escape text passed to it. Both are vulnerable to XSS. This vulnerability only impacts the JSPUI.
This vulnerability does NOT impact the XMLUI or 7.x.
DSpace 6.x:
DSpace 5.x:
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Scan my site freeIf at all possible, we recommend upgrading your DSpace site based on the upgrade instructions. However, if you are unable to do so, you can manually apply the above patches as follows:
[dspace-src] folder, apply the patch, e.g. git apply [name-of-file].patchmvn -U clean package (This will recompile all DSpace code)ant update (This will copy all updated WARs / configs to your installation directory). Depending on your setup you also may need to copy the updated WARs over to your Tomcat webapps folder.Discovered & reported by Hassan Bhuiyan (Brunel University London)
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