# CVE-2023-49781: NocoDB Vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting in Formula.vue

- Also known as: GHSA-H6R4-XVW6-JC5H
- Severity: CVSS 7.3 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=poc, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 0.202.9
- Published: 2024-05-13 · Updated: 2024-08-02

## Affected

- nocodb: fixed in 0.202.9
- nocodb (npm): fixed in 0.202.9

## Description

NocoDB is software for building databases as spreadsheets. Prior to 0.202.9, a stored cross-site scripting vulnerability exists within the Formula virtual cell comments functionality. The nc-gui/components/virtual-cell/Formula.vue displays a v-html tag with the value of "urls" whose contents are processed by the function replaceUrlsWithLink(). This function recognizes the pattern URI::(XXX) and creates a hyperlink tag <a> with href=XXX. However, it leaves all the other contents outside of the pattern URI::(XXX) unchanged. This vulnerability is fixed in 0.202.9.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on nocodb, upgrade to a fixed version (0.202.9) per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://github.com/nocodb/nocodb/security/advisories/GHSA-h6r4-xvw6-jc5h
- https://github.com/nocodb/nocodb/commit/7f58ce3726dfec71537d8b80474a0f95a48a1574

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