MediumGHSA-vxmc-5x29-h64vCVE-2024-6485

Bootstrap Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability for data-* attributes

Published 11 Jul 2024 · Updated 10 Sept 2026

Affected package

bootstrapnpm
Affected
>=1.4.0 <=3.4.1
Fixed in
No fix released

Details

A security vulnerability has been discovered in bootstrap that could enable Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) attacks. The vulnerability is associated with the data-loading-text attribute within the button plugin. This vulnerability can be exploited by injecting malicious JavaScript code into the attribute, which would then be executed when the button's loading state is triggered.

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References

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