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AIKIDO-2025-10102

primefaces is vulnerable to Cross-site Scripting (XSS)

Cross-site Scripting (XSS) Pre-CVE
Found by Aikido Intel before public disclosure or CVE publication.
Published Feb 19, 2025

45

Medium Risk

This Affects:

JAVAprimefaces
7.0.0 - 14.0.12
Fixed in 15.0.0
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TL;DR

Affected versions of the package allow attackers to execute Cross-site Scripting (XSS) attacks by exploiting DOM clobbering in the PickList component. DOM clobbering is a code-reuse attack where an attacker injects seemingly benign, non-script HTML markup (e.g., through a post or comment) into a webpage. The attacker then leverages existing JavaScript code (gadgets) to transform the injected content into executable code. This vulnerability can lead to XSS on websites that include Webpack-generated files and allow users to inject certain scriptless HTML tags.

Who does this affect?

You are affected if you are using a version that falls within the vulnerable range.

Background info

primefaces is vulnerable to Cross-site Scripting (XSS) in versions 7.0.0 - 14.0.12.

How to fix this

Upgrade the org.primefaces:primefaces library to the patch version.