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Insecure Default Configuration in tesseract.js

Moderate severity GitHub Reviewed Published Jun 5, 2019 to the GitHub Advisory Database • Updated Jan 9, 2023

Package

npm tesseract.js (npm)

Affected versions

< 1.0.19

Patched versions

1.0.19

Description

Versions of tesseract.js prior to 1.0.19 default to using a third-party proxy. Requests may be proxied through crossorigin.me which clearly states is not suitable for production use. This may lead to instability and privacy violations.

Recommendation

Upgrade to version 1.0.19 or later.

References

Reviewed Jun 5, 2019
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database Jun 5, 2019
Last updated Jan 9, 2023

Severity

Moderate
5.9
/ 10

CVSS base metrics

Attack vector
Network
Attack complexity
High
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
None
Availability
None
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Weaknesses

CVE ID

No known CVE

GHSA ID

GHSA-83rx-c8cr-6j8q

Source code

No known source code
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