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## A note on swagger-ui vulnerabilities
API Explorer for LoopBack 3 is built on top of `swagger-ui` version 2.x which is no longer maintained. While there are known security vulnerabilities in `swagger-ui`, we believe they don't affect LoopBack users.
API Explorer for LoopBack 3 is built on top of `swagger-ui` version 2.x which
is no longer maintained. While there are known security vulnerabilities in
`swagger-ui`, we believe they don't affect LoopBack users.
We would love to upgrade our (LB3) API Explorer to v3 of swagger-ui, but unfortunately such upgrade requires too much effort and more importantly addition of new features to LB3 runtime, which would break our LTS guarantees. For more details, see discussion in [loopback-component-explorer#263](https://github.com/strongloop/loopback-component-explorer/issues/263).
We would love to upgrade our (LB3) API Explorer to v3 of swagger-ui, but
unfortunately such upgrade requires too much effort and more importantly
addition of new features to LB3 runtime, which would break our LTS guarantees.
For more details, see discussion in
[loopback-component-explorer#263](https://github.com/strongloop/loopback-component-explorer/issues/263).
https://www.npmjs.com/advisories/985
> Versions of swagger-ui prior to 3.0.13 are vulnerable to Cross-Site Scripting (XSS). The package fails to sanitize YAML files imported from URLs or copied-pasted. This may allow attackers to execute arbitrary JavaScript.
### npm advisory 985
LoopBack's API Explorer does not allow clients to import swagger spec from YAML URL/pasted-content. That means loopback-component-explorer **IS NOT AFFECTED** by this vulnerability.
Link: https://www.npmjs.com/advisories/985
https://www.npmjs.com/advisories/975
> Versions of swagger-ui prior to 3.18.0 are vulnerable to Reverse Tabnapping. The package uses `target='_blank'` in anchor tags, allowing attackers to access `window.opener` for the original page. This is commonly used for phishing attacks.
> Versions of swagger-ui prior to 3.0.13 are vulnerable to Cross-Site Scripting
> (XSS). The package fails to sanitize YAML files imported from URLs or
> copied-pasted. This may allow attackers to execute arbitrary JavaScript.
This vulnerability affects anchor tags created from metadata provided by the Swagger spec, for example `info.termsOfServiceUrl`. LoopBack's API Explorer does not allow clients to provide custom swagger spec, URLs like `info.termsOfServiceUrl` are fully in control of the LoopBack application developer. That means loopback-component-explorer **IS NOT AFFECTED** by this vulnerability.
LoopBack's API Explorer does not allow clients to import swagger spec from YAML
URL/pasted-content. That means loopback-component-explorer **IS NOT AFFECTED**
by this vulnerability.
https://www.npmjs.com/advisories/976
> Versions of swagger-ui prior to 3.20.9 are vulnerable to Cross-Site Scripting (XSS). The package fails to sanitize URLs used in the OAuth auth flow, which may allow attackers to execute arbitrary JavaScript.
### npm advisory 975
LoopBack 3 API Explorer does not support OAuth auth flow, that means loopback-component-explorer **IS NOT AFFECTED** by this vulnerability.
Link: https://www.npmjs.com/advisories/975
> Versions of swagger-ui prior to 3.18.0 are vulnerable to Reverse Tabnapping.
> The package uses `target='_blank'` in anchor tags, allowing attackers to
> access `window.opener` for the original page. This is commonly used for
> phishing attacks.
This vulnerability affects anchor tags created from metadata provided by the
Swagger spec, for example `info.termsOfServiceUrl`. LoopBack's API Explorer
does not allow clients to provide custom swagger spec, URLs like
`info.termsOfServiceUrl` are fully in control of the LoopBack application
developer. That means loopback-component-explorer **IS NOT AFFECTED** by this
vulnerability.
### npm advisory 976
Link: https://www.npmjs.com/advisories/976
> Versions of swagger-ui prior to 3.20.9 are vulnerable to Cross-Site Scripting
> (XSS). The package fails to sanitize URLs used in the OAuth auth flow, which
> may allow attackers to execute arbitrary JavaScript.
LoopBack 3 API Explorer does not support OAuth auth flow, that means
loopback-component-explorer **IS NOT AFFECTED** by this vulnerability.
### GitHub advisory CVE-2019-17495
Link: https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-c427-hjc3-wrfw
> A Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) injection vulnerability in Swagger UI before
> 3.23.11 allows attackers to use the Relative Path Overwrite (RPO) technique
> to perform CSS-based input field value exfiltration, such as exfiltration of
> a CSRF token value.
Quoting from the
[disclosure](https://github.com/tarantula-team/CSS-injection-in-Swagger-UI/tree/15edeaaa5806aa8e83ee55d883f956a3c3573ac9):
> Weve observed that the `?url=` parameter in SwaggerUI allows an attacker to
> override an otherwise hard-coded schema file. We realize that Swagger UI
> allows users to embed untrusted Json format from remote servers This means we
> can inject json content via the GET parameter to victim Swagger UI. etc.
LoopBack 3 API Explorer does not suport `?url=` parameter, it always loads the
Swagger spec file from the LoopBack server serving the Explorer UI. That means
loopback-component-explorer **IS NOT AFFECTED** by this vulnerability.
## Upgrading from v1.x