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GHSA-2PWH-52H7-7J84

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2021-04-16 19:52 – Updated: 2026-01-22 20:36

Summary

JavaScript execution via malicious molfiles (XSS)

Details

Impact

The viewer plugin implementation of <mol:molecule> renders molfile data directly inside a <script> tag without any escaping. Arbitrary JavaScript code can thus be executed in the client browser via crafted molfiles.

Patches

Patched in v0.3.0: Molfile data is now rendered as value of a hidden <input> tag and escaped via JSF's mechanisms.

Workarounds

No workaround available.

Severity

6.1 (Medium)


                  
                    CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

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  "published": "2021-04-16T19:52:49Z",
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CVE-2024-0758 (GCVE-0-2024-0758)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2024-01-19 20:19 – Updated: 2026-07-14 22:54

Title

MolecularFaces XSS

Summary

MolecularFaces before 0.3.0 is vulnerable to cross site scripting. A remote attacker can execute arbitrary JavaScript in the context of a victim browser via crafted molfiles.

Severity

6.1 (Medium)


                        
                          CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

SSVC

Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial

CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)

Decision recorded 2025-05-08 17:35 UTC

CWE

CWE-79 - Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

Assigner

VulnCheck mitre root

References

3 references

URL	Tags
https://github.com/ipb-halle/MolecularFaces/secur…	vendor-advisory
https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-2pwh-52h7-7j84	vendor-advisory
https://vulncheck.com/advisories/vc-advisory-GHSA…	third-party-advisory

Impacted products

1 product

Vendor	Product	Version
		Affected: 0 , < 0.3.0 (maven) cpe:2.3:a:ipb-halle:molecularfaces::::::::

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