# CVE-2016-10744: In Select2 through 4.0.5, as used in Snipe-IT and other products, rich selectlists allow XSS.

- Also known as: GHSA-RF66-HMQF-Q3FC
- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 4.0.6
- Published: 2019-03-27 · Updated: 2024-08-06

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported
- select2 (npm): fixed in 4.0.6

## Description

In Select2 through 4.0.5, as used in Snipe-IT and other products, rich selectlists allow XSS. This affects use cases with Ajax remote data loading when HTML templates are used to display listbox data.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on n/a, select2, upgrade to a fixed version (4.0.6) per the references below.
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## References

- https://github.com/snipe/snipe-it/pull/6831
- https://github.com/select2/select2/issues/4587
- https://github.com/snipe/snipe-it/pull/6831/commits/5848d9a10c7d62c73ff6a3858edfae96a429402a

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