In Bootstrap before 4.1.2, XSS is possible in the data-target property of scrollspy.
Priority LOW 34CWE-79Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- Required
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Cross-site scripting
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- Low · Low · None
- Fix status
- Partial Red Hat: 5 fixed, 12 without a fix
Attack profile from CVSS 3.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA, GitHub and Red Hat. Impact type from CWE-79.
Summary
In Bootstrap before 4.1.2, XSS is possible in the data-target property of scrollspy.
Why it matters now
EPSS 0.04312 91st percentileScored 2026-11-07
Public exploit Yes 1 exploit referenceTagged by NVD
Fix Partial bootstrap (npm): 4.1.2typo3/cms-core (Packagist): 8.7.23, 9.5.4+6 more productsRed Hat: 6 advisoriesRed Hat: 5 fixed, 12 without a fix
SSVC decision points
Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — | all versions | — | No fix listed | CNA |
| — | bootstrap (npm) | 4.0.0 to before 4.1.2 | 4.1.2 | Patch available | GHSA-pj7m-g53m-7638 |
| — | typo3/cms-core (Packagist) | 8.0.0 to before 8.7.23 | 8.7.23 | Patch available | GHSA-pj7m-g53m-7638 |
| — | typo3/cms-core (Packagist) | 9.0.0 to before 9.5.4 | 9.5.4 | Patch available | GHSA-pj7m-g53m-7638 |
| — | typo3/cms (Packagist) | 8.0.0 to before 8.7.23 | 8.7.23 | Patch available | GHSA-pj7m-g53m-7638 |
| — | typo3/cms (Packagist) | 9.0.0 to before 9.5.4 | 9.5.4 | Patch available | GHSA-pj7m-g53m-7638 |
| — | bootstrap (RubyGems) | 4.0.0 to before 4.1.2 | 4.1.2 | Patch available | GHSA-pj7m-g53m-7638 |
| — | twbs/bootstrap (Packagist) | 4.0.0 to before 4.1.2 | 4.1.2 | Patch available | GHSA-pj7m-g53m-7638 |
| — | bootstrap (NuGet) | 4.0.0 to before 4.1.2 | 4.1.2 | Patch available | GHSA-pj7m-g53m-7638 |
| — | bootstrap.sass (NuGet) | 4.0.0 to before 4.1.2 | 4.1.2 | Patch available | GHSA-pj7m-g53m-7638 |
| — | org.webjars:bootstrap (Maven) | 4.0.0 to before 4.1.2 | 4.1.2 | Patch available | GHSA-pj7m-g53m-7638 |
- — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
- bootstrap (npm) Vendor— Affected 4.0.0 to before 4.1.2 Fixed in 4.1.2 Patch available GHSA-pj7m-g53m-7638
- typo3/cms-core (Packagist) Vendor— Affected 8.0.0 to before 8.7.23 Fixed in 8.7.23 Patch available GHSA-pj7m-g53m-7638
- typo3/cms-core (Packagist) Vendor— Affected 9.0.0 to before 9.5.4 Fixed in 9.5.4 Patch available GHSA-pj7m-g53m-7638
- typo3/cms (Packagist) Vendor— Affected 8.0.0 to before 8.7.23 Fixed in 8.7.23 Patch available GHSA-pj7m-g53m-7638
- typo3/cms (Packagist) Vendor— Affected 9.0.0 to before 9.5.4 Fixed in 9.5.4 Patch available GHSA-pj7m-g53m-7638
- bootstrap (RubyGems) Vendor— Affected 4.0.0 to before 4.1.2 Fixed in 4.1.2 Patch available GHSA-pj7m-g53m-7638
- twbs/bootstrap (Packagist) Vendor— Affected 4.0.0 to before 4.1.2 Fixed in 4.1.2 Patch available GHSA-pj7m-g53m-7638
- bootstrap (NuGet) Vendor— Affected 4.0.0 to before 4.1.2 Fixed in 4.1.2 Patch available GHSA-pj7m-g53m-7638
- bootstrap.sass (NuGet) Vendor— Affected 4.0.0 to before 4.1.2 Fixed in 4.1.2 Patch available GHSA-pj7m-g53m-7638
- org.webjars:bootstrap (Maven) Vendor— Affected 4.0.0 to before 4.1.2 Fixed in 4.1.2 Patch available GHSA-pj7m-g53m-7638
CPE configurations NVD · 10
| CPE | Versions | Role | Vendor |
|---|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:a:getbootstrap:bootstrap:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 4.0.0 to before 4.1.2 | Vulnerable | Getbootstrap |
| cpe:2.3:a:getbootstrap:bootstrap:4.0.0:alpha:*:*:*:*:*:* | 4.0.0 alpha | Vulnerable | Getbootstrap |
| cpe:2.3:a:getbootstrap:bootstrap:4.0.0:alpha2:*:*:*:*:*:* | 4.0.0 alpha2 | Vulnerable | Getbootstrap |
| cpe:2.3:a:getbootstrap:bootstrap:4.0.0:alpha3:*:*:*:*:*:* | 4.0.0 alpha3 | Vulnerable | Getbootstrap |
| cpe:2.3:a:getbootstrap:bootstrap:4.0.0:alpha4:*:*:*:*:*:* | 4.0.0 alpha4 | Vulnerable | Getbootstrap |
| cpe:2.3:a:getbootstrap:bootstrap:4.0.0:alpha5:*:*:*:*:*:* | 4.0.0 alpha5 | Vulnerable | Getbootstrap |
| cpe:2.3:a:getbootstrap:bootstrap:4.0.0:alpha6:*:*:*:*:*:* | 4.0.0 alpha6 | Vulnerable | Getbootstrap |
| cpe:2.3:a:getbootstrap:bootstrap:4.0.0:beta:*:*:*:*:*:* | 4.0.0 beta | Vulnerable | Getbootstrap |
| cpe:2.3:a:getbootstrap:bootstrap:4.0.0:beta2:*:*:*:*:*:* | 4.0.0 beta2 | Vulnerable | Getbootstrap |
| cpe:2.3:a:getbootstrap:bootstrap:4.0.0:beta3:*:*:*:*:*:* | 4.0.0 beta3 | Vulnerable | Getbootstrap |
- cpe:2.3:a:getbootstrap:bootstrap:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 4.0.0 to before 4.1.2 Vulnerable ·Getbootstrap
- cpe:2.3:a:getbootstrap:bootstrap:4.0.0:alpha:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 4.0.0 alpha Vulnerable ·Getbootstrap
- cpe:2.3:a:getbootstrap:bootstrap:4.0.0:alpha2:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 4.0.0 alpha2 Vulnerable ·Getbootstrap
- cpe:2.3:a:getbootstrap:bootstrap:4.0.0:alpha3:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 4.0.0 alpha3 Vulnerable ·Getbootstrap
- cpe:2.3:a:getbootstrap:bootstrap:4.0.0:alpha4:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 4.0.0 alpha4 Vulnerable ·Getbootstrap
- cpe:2.3:a:getbootstrap:bootstrap:4.0.0:alpha5:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 4.0.0 alpha5 Vulnerable ·Getbootstrap
- cpe:2.3:a:getbootstrap:bootstrap:4.0.0:alpha6:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 4.0.0 alpha6 Vulnerable ·Getbootstrap
- cpe:2.3:a:getbootstrap:bootstrap:4.0.0:beta:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 4.0.0 beta Vulnerable ·Getbootstrap
- cpe:2.3:a:getbootstrap:bootstrap:4.0.0:beta2:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 4.0.0 beta2 Vulnerable ·Getbootstrap
- cpe:2.3:a:getbootstrap:bootstrap:4.0.0:beta3:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 4.0.0 beta3 Vulnerable ·Getbootstrap
Remediation
- Fix · GHSA-pj7m-g53m-7638 bootstrap (npm) Fixed in 4.1.2 Advisory →
- Fix · GHSA-pj7m-g53m-7638 typo3/cms-core (Packagist) Fixed in 8.7.23 Advisory →
- Fix · GHSA-pj7m-g53m-7638 typo3/cms-core (Packagist) Fixed in 9.5.4 Advisory →
- Fix · GHSA-pj7m-g53m-7638 typo3/cms (Packagist) Fixed in 8.7.23 Advisory →
- Fix · GHSA-pj7m-g53m-7638 typo3/cms (Packagist) Fixed in 9.5.4 Advisory →
- Fix · GHSA-pj7m-g53m-7638 bootstrap (RubyGems) Fixed in 4.1.2 Advisory →
- Fix · GHSA-pj7m-g53m-7638 twbs/bootstrap (Packagist) Fixed in 4.1.2 Advisory →
- Fix · GHSA-pj7m-g53m-7638 bootstrap (NuGet) Fixed in 4.1.2 Advisory →
- Fix · GHSA-pj7m-g53m-7638 bootstrap.sass (NuGet) Fixed in 4.1.2 Advisory →
- Fix · GHSA-pj7m-g53m-7638 org.webjars:bootstrap (Maven) Fixed in 4.1.2 Advisory →
Red Hat 6 advisories
- RHSA-2023:5693 Released 2023-10-12 · Red Hat rating ModerateRed Hat Ceph Storage 6.1 security, enhancement, and bug fix update
- Red Hat Ceph Storage 6.1 Tools ceph-2:17.2.6-148.el9cp, ceph-base-2:17.2.6-148.el9cp, ceph-common-2:17.2.6-148.el9cp +25
- RHSA-2023:0556 Released 2023-01-31 · Red Hat rating ImportantRed Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.4.9 Security update
- Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.4.9 com.fasterxml.jackson.core.jackson-databind-2.12.7.redhat-00003.jar, com.fasterxml.woodstox.woodstox-core-6.4.0.redhat-00001.jar, org.apache.cxf.cxf-core-3.4.10.redhat-00001.jar +4
- RHSA-2023:0554 Released 2023-01-31 · Red Hat rating ImportantRed Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.4.9 Security update
- Red Hat JBoss EAP 7.4 for RHEL 9 eap7-apache-sshd-2.9.2-1.redhat_00001.1.el9eap, eap7-elytron-web-1.9.3-1.Final_redhat_00001.1.el9eap, eap7-hal-console-3.3.16-1.Final_redhat_00001.1.el9eap +44
Show 3 more Red Hat advisories
- RHSA-2023:0552 Released 2023-01-31 · Red Hat rating ImportantRed Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.4.9 Security update
- Red Hat JBoss EAP 7.4 for RHEL 7 Server eap7-apache-sshd-2.9.2-1.redhat_00001.1.el7eap, eap7-elytron-web-1.9.3-1.Final_redhat_00001.1.el7eap, eap7-hal-console-3.3.16-1.Final_redhat_00001.1.el7eap +46
- RHSA-2023:0553 Released 2023-01-31 · Red Hat rating ImportantRed Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.4.9 Security update
- Red Hat JBoss EAP 7.4 for RHEL 8 eap7-apache-sshd-2.9.2-1.redhat_00001.1.el8eap, eap7-elytron-web-1.9.3-1.Final_redhat_00001.1.el8eap, eap7-hal-console-3.3.16-1.Final_redhat_00001.1.el8eap +44
- RHSA-2019:1456 Released 2019-06-11 · Red Hat rating ModerateRed Hat Single Sign-On 7.3.2 security update
- Red Hat Single Sign-On 7.3.2 zip
Vendor assessments
Red Hat
Red Hat rating: Moderate. Red Hat's page for this CVE →
| Product | Status | Plan or fix |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Ceph Storage 4 | Affected | No fix planned: Out of support scope |
| Red Hat Ceph Storage 5 | Affected | No fix yet |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 | Affected | — |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 | Affected | — |
| Red Hat Fuse 7 | Affected | No fix planned: Out of support scope |
| Red Hat JBoss Data Grid 7 | Affected | No fix planned: Out of support scope |
| Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 6 | Affected | No fix planned: Out of support scope |
| Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 3.11 | Affected | No fix planned: Out of support scope |
| Red Hat Openshift Container Storage 4 | Affected | No fix planned: Out of support scope |
| Red Hat Quay 3 | Affected | No fix yet |
| Red Hat Satellite 6 | Affected | — |
| Red Hat Virtualization 4 | Affected | No fix planned: Will not fix |
| Red Hat JBoss EAP 7.4 for RHEL 7 Server | Fixed | RHSA-2023:0552 |
| Red Hat JBoss EAP 7.4 for RHEL 8 | Fixed | RHSA-2023:0553 |
| Red Hat JBoss EAP 7.4 for RHEL 9 | Fixed | RHSA-2023:0554 |
| Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.4.9 | Fixed | RHSA-2023:0556 |
| Red Hat Single Sign-On 7.3.2 zip | Fixed | RHSA-2019:1456 |
Not affected: 26 products
- CloudForms Management Engine 5
- OpenShift Service Mesh 2.1
- Red Hat Decision Manager 7
- Red Hat Discovery 1
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 7 (Kilo)
- Red Hat JBoss EAP 7.4 for RHEL 7 Server
- Red Hat JBoss EAP 7.4 for RHEL 8
- Red Hat JBoss EAP 7.4 for RHEL 9
- Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.4.9
- Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform Expansion Pack
- Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4
- Red Hat OpenStack Platform 10 (Newton)
- Red Hat OpenStack Platform 11 (Ocata)
- Red Hat OpenStack Platform 12 (Pike)
- Red Hat OpenStack Platform 13 (Queens)
- Red Hat OpenStack Platform 14 (Rocky)
- Red Hat OpenStack Platform 16.1
- Red Hat OpenStack Platform 16.2
- Red Hat OpenStack Platform 8 (Liberty)
- Red Hat OpenStack Platform 9 (Mitaka)
- Red Hat Openshift Data Foundation 4
- Red Hat Process Automation 7
- Red Hat Satellite 5
- Red Hat Satellite 6
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2018-14041
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-pj7m-g53m-7638
References
Advisory 4
Other 23
- 20190509 dotCMS v5.1.1 Vulnerabilities
- 20190510 dotCMS v5.1.1 HTML Injection & XSS Vulnerability
- 20190510 dotCMS v5.1.1 Vulnerabilities
- 20190510 Re: dotCMS v5.1.1 HTML Injection & XSS Vulnerability
- [superset-dev] 20190926 Re: [VOTE] Release Superset 0.34.1 based on Superset 0.34.1rc1
- [drill-dev] 20191017 Dependencies used by Drill contain known vulnerabilities
- [drill-dev] 20191021 [jira] [Created] (DRILL-7416) Updates required to dependencies to resolve potential security vulnerabilities
- [drill-issues] 20191021 [jira] [Created] (DRILL-7416) Updates required to dependencies to resolve potential security vulnerabilities
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/152787/dotCMS-5.1.1-Vulnerable-Dependencies.html
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/156743/OctoberCMS-Insecure-Dependencies.html
- [hbase-issues] 20201116 [GitHub] [hbase] symat opened a new pull request #2661: HBASE-25261 Upgrade Bootstrap to 3.4.1
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuApr2021.html
- https://typo3.org/security/advisory/typo3-core-sa-2019-006
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r3dc0cac8d856bca02bd6997355d7ff83027dcfc82f8646a29b89b714@%3Cissues.hbase.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/f9bc3e55f4e28d1dcd1a69aae6d53e609a758e34d2869b4d798e13cc@%3Cissues.drill.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/b0656d359c7d40ec9f39c8cc61bca66802ef9a2a12ee199f5b0c1442@%3Cdev.drill.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/52e0e6b5df827ee7f1e68f7cc3babe61af3b2160f5d74a85469b7b0e@%3Cdev.superset.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/519eb0fd45642dcecd9ff74cb3e71c20a4753f7d82e2f07864b5108f@%3Cdev.drill.apache.org%3E
- https://github.com/twbs/bootstrap
- https://github.com/rubysec/ruby-advisory-db/blob/master/gems/bootstrap/CVE-2018-14041.yml
- https://github.com/FriendsOfPHP/security-advisories/blob/master/typo3/cms/CVE-2018-14041.yaml
- https://github.com/FriendsOfPHP/security-advisories/blob/master/typo3/cms-core/CVE-2018-14041.yaml
- https://blog.getbootstrap.com/2018/07/12/bootstrap-4-1-2
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- TI-2019-05979 In Bootstrap before 3.4.1 and 4.3.x before 4.3.1, XSS is possible in the tooltip or popover data-template attribute. CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.1
- TI-2018-14682 In Bootstrap before 3.4.0, XSS is possible in the affix configuration target property. CVSS 3.0MEDIUM 6.1
- TI-2018-14681 In Bootstrap before 3.4.0, XSS is possible in the tooltip data-viewport attribute. CVSS 3.0MEDIUM 6.1
- TI-2018-10147 In Bootstrap before 4.1.2, XSS is possible in the data-container property of tooltip. CVSS 3.0MEDIUM 6.1
- TI-2018-10145 In Bootstrap before 4.1.2, XSS is possible in the collapse data-parent attribute. CVSS 3.0MEDIUM 6.1
- TI-2016-08775 In Bootstrap 3.x before 3.4.0 and 4.x-beta before 4.0.0-beta.2, XSS is possible in the… CVSS 3.0MEDIUM 6.1
Sources
- CVE-2018-14041 · CVE Program
- CVE-2018-14041 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-pj7m-g53m-7638 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2018-14041 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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