CVE-2021-37714 (High) detected in jsoup-1.13.1.jar

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CVE-2021-37714 - High Severity Vulnerability

Vulnerable Library - jsoup-1.13.1.jar

jsoup is a Java library for working with real-world HTML. It provides a very convenient API for extracting and manipulating data, using the best of DOM, CSS, and jquery-like methods. jsoup implements the WHATWG HTML5 specification, and parses HTML to the same DOM as modern browsers do.

Library home page: https://jsoup.org/

Path to dependency file: /pom.xml

Path to vulnerable library: /home/wss-scanner/.m2/repository/org/jsoup/jsoup/1.13.1/jsoup-1.13.1.jar

Dependency Hierarchy:

• webdrivermanager-4.2.2.jar (Root Library)
  • ❌ jsoup-1.13.1.jar (Vulnerable Library)

Found in HEAD commit: 160e69822964b88ff887ba903106f5fc169a5abf

Found in base branch: main

Vulnerability Details

jsoup is a Java library for working with HTML. Those using jsoup versions prior to 1.14.2 to parse untrusted HTML or XML may be vulnerable to DOS attacks. If the parser is run on user supplied input, an attacker may supply content that causes the parser to get stuck (loop indefinitely until cancelled), to complete more slowly than usual, or to throw an unexpected exception. This effect may support a denial of service attack. The issue is patched in version 1.14.2. There are a few available workarounds. Users may rate limit input parsing, limit the size of inputs based on system resources, and/or implement thread watchdogs to cap and timeout parse runtimes.

Publish Date: 2021-08-18

URL: CVE-2021-37714

CVSS 3 Score Details (7.5)

Base Score Metrics:

• Exploitability Metrics:
  • Attack Vector: Network
  • Attack Complexity: Low
  • Privileges Required: None
  • User Interaction: None
  • Scope: Unchanged
• Impact Metrics:
  • Confidentiality Impact: None
  • Integrity Impact: None
  • Availability Impact: High

For more information on CVSS3 Scores, click here.

Suggested Fix

Type: Upgrade version

Origin: https://jsoup.org/news/release-1.14.2

Release Date: 2021-08-18

Fix Resolution: org.jsoup:jsoup:1.14.2

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