CVE-2016-10735 Bootstrap Cross-site Scripting vulnerability

What is CVE-2016-10735?

CVE-2016-10735 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in n/a, published on 9 Jan 2019. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

In Bootstrap 3.x before 3.4.0 and 4.x-beta before 4.0.0-beta.2, XSS is possible in the data-target attribute, a different vulnerability than CVE-2018-14041.

Weakness: CWE-79

Which versions are affected by CVE-2016-10735?

24 open source packages ship an affected version, including bootstrap, org.webjars:bootstrap and bootstrap.sass. It affects 1 product.

Products include Getbootstrap Bootstrap.

How do I fix CVE-2016-10735?

Upgrade bootstrap to a fixed version for your release line: 3.4.0 or 4.0.0-beta.2.

Escape output for the context it lands in and set a strict Content Security Policy. Upgrading the affected component is the real fix. More about Cross-site scripting.

Is CVE-2016-10735 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2016-10735 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Public exploit code: 1 proofs of concept on GitHub.

Other vulnerabilities in n/a

• CVE-2018-20676 XSS vulnerability that affects bootstrap Medium 6.1
• CVE-2018-20677 bootstrap Cross-site Scripting vulnerability Medium 6.1
• CVE-2018-14041 Bootstrap Cross-site Scripting vulnerability Medium 6.1
• CVE-2018-14042 Bootstrap Cross-site Scripting vulnerability Medium 6.1

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
• How this page is made

Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2016-10735, GHSA-4p24-vmcr-4gqj, UBUNTU-CVE-2016-10735.