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by jrowley 3387 days ago
Okay, so I hate to be that guy but if I'm only using js on the frontend what is the danger is using a library with a vulnerability?
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bastijn 3387 days ago
They can for instance take over the session of your user and pretend to be them via an XSS vulnerability.
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ballenf 3387 days ago
Let's imagine there was this dating service for married people...

(that was backend problems, but a frontend vulnerability could have resulted in similar leakage.)

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