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TI-2021-06175 Aliases CVE-2021-23648GHSA-hqq7-2q2v-82xq

Cross-site scripting (XSS) in @braintree/sanitize-url

Priority LOW 30CWE-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: 3 fixed, 3 without a fix

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA, GitHub and Red Hat. Impact type from CWE-79.

Summary

The package @braintree/sanitize-url before 6.0.0 are vulnerable to Cross-site Scripting (XSS) due to improper sanitization in sanitizeUrl function.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.0143 73rd percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Partial @braintree/sanitize-url: 6.0.0@braintree/sanitize-url (npm): 6.0.0Red Hat: 3 advisoriesRed Hat: 3 fixed, 3 without a fix

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
—@braintree/sanitize-urlbefore 6.0.06.0.0Patch availableCNA
—@braintree/sanitize-url (npm)before 6.0.06.0.0Patch availableGHSA-hqq7-2q2v-82xq
  • @braintree/sanitize-url Vendor— Affected before 6.0.0 Fixed in 6.0.0 Patch available CNA
  • @braintree/sanitize-url (npm) Vendor— Affected before 6.0.0 Fixed in 6.0.0 Patch available GHSA-hqq7-2q2v-82xq

CPE configurations NVD · 4

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:paypal:braintree\/sanitize-url:*:*:*:*:*:node.js:*:*before 6.0.0VulnerablePayPal
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:34:*:*:*:*:*:*:*34VulnerableFedoraproject
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:35:*:*:*:*:*:*:*35VulnerableFedoraproject
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:36:*:*:*:*:*:*:*36VulnerableFedoraproject
  • cpe:2.3:a:paypal:braintree\/sanitize-url:*:*:*:*:*:node.js:*:* Versions before 6.0.0 Vulnerable ·PayPal
  • cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:34:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 34 Vulnerable ·Fedoraproject
  • cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:35:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 35 Vulnerable ·Fedoraproject
  • cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:36:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 36 Vulnerable ·Fedoraproject

Remediation

  • Fix · CNA @braintree/sanitize-url Fixed in 6.0.0
  • Fix · GHSA-hqq7-2q2v-82xq @braintree/sanitize-url (npm) Fixed in 6.0.0 Advisory →

Red Hat 3 advisories

  • RHSA-2022:8057 Released 2022-11-15 · Red Hat rating Important
    grafana security, bug fix, and enhancement update
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9) grafana-7.5.15-3.el9
  • RHSA-2022:7519 Released 2022-11-08 · Red Hat rating Moderate
    grafana security, bug fix, and enhancement update
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8) grafana-7.5.15-3.el8
  • RHSA-2022:5069 Released 2022-08-10 · Red Hat rating Important
    OpenShift Container Platform 4.11.0 bug fix and security update
    • Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.11 openshift4/ose-alibaba-disk-csi-driver-operator-container-rhel8, openshift4/ose-alibaba-machine-controllers-rhel8, openshift4/ose-aws-ebs-csi-driver-rhel8 +47

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

Red Hat rating: Moderate. Red Hat's page for this CVE →

ProductStatusPlan or fix
OpenShift Service Mesh 2.1AffectedNo fix planned: Will not fix
Red Hat 3scale API Management Platform 2AffectedNo fix yet
Red Hat Ceph Storage 5AffectedNo fix planned: Will not fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8)Fixed RHSA-2022:7519
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9)Fixed RHSA-2022:8057
Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.11Fixed RHSA-2022:5069
Not affected: 1 product
  • Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.11

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2021-23648
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-hqq7-2q2v-82xq

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