| Name | CVE-2024-6531 |
| Description | A vulnerability has been identified in Bootstrap that exposes users to Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) attacks. The issue is present in the carousel component, where the data-slide and data-slide-to attributes can be exploited through the href attribute of an <a> tag due to inadequate sanitization. This vulnerability could potentially enable attackers to execute arbitrary JavaScript within the victim's browser. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| Debian Bugs | 1084059 |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| twitter-bootstrap3 (PTS) | jessie, jessie (lts) | 3.2.0+dfsg-1+deb7u1 | fixed |
| stretch | 3.3.7+dfsg-2+deb9u2 | fixed |
| buster | 3.4.1+dfsg-1 | fixed |
| bullseye | 3.4.1+dfsg-2 | fixed |
| sid, trixie, bookworm | 3.4.1+dfsg-3 | fixed |
| twitter-bootstrap4 (PTS) | buster | 4.3.1+dfsg2-1 | vulnerable |
| bullseye | 4.5.2+dfsg1-8~deb11u1 | vulnerable |
| sid, trixie, bookworm | 4.6.1+dfsg1-4 | vulnerable |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
Notes
[bookworm] - twitter-bootstrap4 <postponed> (Minor issue, revisit when fixed upstream)
[bullseye] - twitter-bootstrap4 <postponed> (Minor issue, revisit when freely-licensed fix is available)
- twitter-bootstrap3 <not-affected> (Only affects 4.x)
https://www.herodevs.com/vulnerability-directory/cve-2024-6531
[buster] - twitter-bootstrap4 <postponed> (Minor issue, revisit when/if freely-licensed fix is available)