High

Zend-Navigation vulnerable to Cross-site Scripting

Disclosed: 07.06.2024
Updated: 11.10.2026 10:22

Many Zend Framework 2 view helpers were using the escapeHtml() view helper in order to escape HTML attributes, instead of the more appropriate escapeHtmlAttr(). In situations where user data and/or JavaScript is used to seed attributes, this can lead to potential cross site scripting (XSS) attack vectors.

Vulnerable view helpers include:

All Zend\Form view helpers.
Most Zend\Navigation (aka Zend\View\Helper\Navigation\*) view helpers.
All "HTML Element" view helpers: htmlFlash(), htmlPage(), htmlQuickTime().
Zend\View\Helper\Gravatar

Affected software

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Platform	Package	Vulnerable versions	Fixed in
Composer package	zendframework/zend-navigation	>= 2.0.0, < 2.2.7, >= 2.3.0, < 2.3.1	2.2.7, 2.3.1

References

CVSS score 7.5/10

CVSS vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
Weakness (CWE): CWE-352
Platform: Composer
Package: zendframework/zend-navigation
Disclosed: 07.06.2024
Updated: 11.10.2026 10:22

Sources and licenses

OSV / GitHub Advisory Database - GHSA-6v7p-5qcq-268c - CC BY 4.0

Vulnerability history: zendframework/zend-navigation

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