gettext.js vulnerable to cross-site scripting (XSS)

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  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-43370",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "gettext.js vulnerable to cross-site scripting (XSS)",
    "summary": "gettext.js is a GNU gettext port for node and the browser. There is a cross-site scripting (XSS) injection if `.po` dictionary definition files are corrupted. This vulnerability has been patched in version 2.0.3. As a workaround, control the origin of the definition catalog to prevent the use of this flaw in the definition of plural forms.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2024-43370",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "high",
    "structured": {
      "id": "CVE-2024-43370",
      "aliases": [
        "CVE-2024-43370",
        "GHSA-vwhg-jwr4-vxgg"
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      "metrics": [
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          "type": "CVSS_V3",
          "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N"
        }
      ],
      "affected": [
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              "repo": "https://github.com/guillaumepotier/gettext.js",
              "type": "GIT",
              "events": [
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                    "source": "AFFECTED_FIELD",
                    "strategy": "StringRangeExpression"
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          "versions": [
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            "v2.0.1",
            "v2.0.0",
            "v1.2.0",
            "v1.1.1",
            "v1.1.0",
            "v1.0.1",
            "v1.0.0",
            "v0.9.0",
            "v0.8.0",
            "0.7.0",
            "0.6.0",
            "0.5.5",
            "0.5.4",
            "0.5.3",
            "0.5.2",
            "0.5.1",
            "0.5.0",
            "0.4.0",
            "0.3.0",
            "0.2.0",
            "0.0.2",
            "0.0.1"
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          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2024-43370.json"
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      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-28T02:30:37.017921029Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2024/43xxx/CVE-2024-43370.json",
        "https://github.com/guillaumepotier/gettext.js/security/advisories/GHSA-vwhg-jwr4-vxgg",
        "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-43370",
        "https://github.com/guillaumepotier/gettext.js/commit/8150aeba833183e14c2291a8a148b8f79d1d68d8"
      ],
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        "cwe_ids": [
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        "osv_generated_from": "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2024/43xxx/CVE-2024-43370.json"
      }
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    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 504203,
  "published_at": "2024-08-15T23:44:47.808+00:00"
}