# Invenio-Communities has a Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in React components

Source: https://junglewise.ai/threats/invenio-communities-has-a-cross-site-scripting-xss-vulnerability-in-d40c59ef  
Publisher: Junglewise Threat Intelligence, https://junglewise.ai/threats  
Published: 2024-06-12  
License: CC BY 4.0 with a link back

Severity: low · CVSS 3.1 · Published 2024-06-12

Invenio-Communities has a Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in React components

Technologies: [invenio-communities (PyPI)](https://junglewise.ai/threats/technologies/invenio-communities). Vendors: [PyPI](https://junglewise.ai/threats/vendors/pypi).

## Quick answers

**Is This vulnerability exploited in the wild?** No. Junglewise Threat Intelligence has no report of This vulnerability being exploited in the wild.

**How severe is This vulnerability?** Low severity, with a CVSS score of 3.1, published 12 June 2024.

**Which products and versions are affected?** invenio-communities (PyPI) ECOSYSTEM:introduced=5.0.0,fixed=7.8.0.

**Is there a fix for This vulnerability?** Yes. invenio-communities (PyPI): upgrade to 7.8.0 or later. Junglewise finds every place you run it, drafts the upgrade and applies it once you approve.

**Am I affected?** Check whether you run invenio-communities (PyPI) at an affected version. Junglewise does that check for you around the clock: connect your code, cloud and domains, and it matches new vulnerabilities like this one against what you actually run and tells you when one reaches you.

## How to fix

- invenio-communities (PyPI): upgrade to 7.8.0 or later

  ```sh
  pip install "invenio-communities>=7.8.0"
  ```


## Affected products

- invenio-communities (PyPI) ECOSYSTEM:introduced=5.0.0,fixed=7.8.0

## Related threats

- [PYSEC-2019-95 - invenio-communities before 1.0.0a20 allows XSS.](https://junglewise.ai/threats/pysec-2019-95-invenio-communities-before-1-0-0a20-allows-xss-539d6bff)
- [PYSEC-2019-25 - invenio-communities before 1.0.0a20 allows XSS.](https://junglewise.ai/threats/cve-2019-1020005-cross-site-scripting-in-invenio-communities)