Description
This affects the package xmlhttprequest before 1.7.0; all versions of package xmlhttprequest-ssl. Provided requests are sent synchronously (async=False on xhr.open), malicious user input flowing into xhr.send could result in arbitrary code being injected and run.
Remediation
References
https://github.com/driverdan/node-XMLHttpRequest/blob/1.6.0/lib/XMLHttpRequest.js%23L480
https://snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JAVA-ORGWEBJARSNPM-1082937
https://snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JAVA-ORGWEBJARSNPM-1082938
https://snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JS-XMLHTTPREQUEST-1082935
https://snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JS-XMLHTTPREQUESTSSL-1082936
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