GHSA-f36p-42jv-8rh2
Lithium vulnerable to Cross Site Scripting in provided Swagger-UI
GHSA-f36p-42jv-8rh2 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 8.1) in com.wire:lithium, published September 30, 2022. No source lists public exploit code. Fixed in com.wire:lithium 3.4.2.
- Severity
- 8.1 HighCVSS 3.1, GitHub Advisories
- Exploit chance
- UnscoredNo EPSS score yet
- Exploitation
- None knownNot on CISA’s or ENISA’s lists
- Fixed in
3.4.2com.wire:lithium +3 more
Description
Impact
A XSS vulnerability in the provided (outdated) Swagger-UI is exploitable in applications using lithium with Swagger-UI enabled. This allows an attacker gain Remote Code Execution (RCE) and potentially exfiltrate secrets in the context of this swagger session.
Patches
The used swagger-ui was updated by switching to the latest version of dropwizard-swagger in 8b9b406d608fe482ec0e7adf8705834bca92d7df
Workarounds
The risk of injected external content can be reduced by setting up a Content-Security-Policy.
References
Credits
We thank Mohit Kumar for reporting this vulnerability!
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- Required
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- None
Affected packages
| Package | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|
com.wire:lithiumMaven | before 3.4.2 | 3.4.2 |
com.wire.bots:lithiumMaven | before 3.4.2 | 3.4.2 |
com.wire:lithiumMaven | before 3.4.2, plus listed versions 3.3.03.3.13.3.23.3.33.3.4 Show 5 moreShow less3.3.53.3.63.3.73.4.03.4.1 | 3.4.2 |
com.wire.bots:lithiumMaven | All versions | None known |
What each source reports
GitHub Advisories Score used
Lithium vulnerable to Cross Site Scripting in provided Swagger-UI
Impact
A XSS vulnerability in the provided (outdated) Swagger-UI is exploitable in applications using lithium with Swagger-UI enabled. This allows an attacker gain Remote Code Execution (RCE) and potentially exfiltrate secrets in the context of this swagger session.
Patches
The used swagger-ui was updated by switching to the latest version of dropwizard-swagger in 8b9b406d608fe482ec0e7adf8705834bca92d7df
Workarounds
The risk of injected external content can be reduced by setting up a Content-Security-Policy.
References
Credits
We thank Mohit Kumar for reporting this vulnerability!
- Record
GHSA-f36p-42jv-8rh2- CVSS 3.1
- 8.1 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-79
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSV
Lithium vulnerable to Cross Site Scripting in provided Swagger-UI
Impact
A XSS vulnerability in the provided (outdated) Swagger-UI is exploitable in applications using lithium with Swagger-UI enabled. This allows an attacker gain Remote Code Execution (RCE) and potentially exfiltrate secrets in the context of this swagger session.
Patches
The used swagger-ui was updated by switching to the latest version of dropwizard-swagger in 8b9b406d608fe482ec0e7adf8705834bca92d7df
Workarounds
The risk of injected external content can be reduced by setting up a Content-Security-Policy.
References
Credits
We thank Mohit Kumar for reporting this vulnerability!
- Record
GHSA-f36p-42jv-8rh2- CVSS 3.1
- 8.1 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-79
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| first indexed | GitHub Advisories, OSV |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.