[Snyk] Upgrade react-scripts from 4.0.1 to 4.0.3

[nejidevelops]

Snyk has created this PR to upgrade react-scripts from 4.0.1 to 4.0.3.

ℹ️ Keep your dependencies up-to-date. This makes it easier to fix existing vulnerabilities and to more quickly identify and fix newly disclosed vulnerabilities when they affect your project.

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• The recommended version is 2 versions ahead of your current version.

• The recommended version was released 4 years ago.

Issues fixed by the recommended upgrade:

	Issue	Score	Exploit Maturity
	Improper Input Validation SNYK-JS-URLPARSE-2407770	265	Proof of Concept
	Remote Memory Exposure SNYK-JS-DNSPACKET-1293563	265	No Known Exploit
	Improper Handling of Extra Parameters SNYK-JS-FOLLOWREDIRECTS-6141137	265	Proof of Concept
	Prototype Pollution SNYK-JS-ASYNC-2441827	265	Proof of Concept
	Prototype Pollution SNYK-JS-IMMER-1019369	265	Proof of Concept
	Server-side Request Forgery (SSRF) SNYK-JS-IP-6240864	265	Proof of Concept
	Asymmetric Resource Consumption (Amplification) SNYK-JS-BODYPARSER-7926860	265	No Known Exploit
	Improper Input Validation SNYK-JS-URLPARSE-1078283	265	No Known Exploit
	Open Redirect SNYK-JS-URLPARSE-1533425	265	Proof of Concept
	Access Restriction Bypass SNYK-JS-URLPARSE-2401205	265	Proof of Concept
	Authorization Bypass SNYK-JS-URLPARSE-2407759	265	Proof of Concept
	Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key SNYK-JS-URLPARSE-2412697	265	Proof of Concept
	Information Exposure SNYK-JS-EVENTSOURCE-2823375	265	Proof of Concept
	Open Redirect SNYK-JS-EXPRESS-6474509	265	No Known Exploit
	Cross-site Scripting SNYK-JS-EXPRESS-7926867	265	No Known Exploit
	Information Exposure SNYK-JS-FOLLOWREDIRECTS-2332181	265	Proof of Concept
	Information Exposure SNYK-JS-FOLLOWREDIRECTS-6444610	265	Proof of Concept
	Regular Expression Denial of Service (ReDoS) SNYK-JS-PATHTOREGEXP-7925106	265	Proof of Concept
	Regular Expression Denial of Service (ReDoS) SNYK-JS-PATHTOREGEXP-8482416	265	Proof of Concept
	Cross-site Scripting (XSS) SNYK-JS-COOKIE-8163060	265	No Known Exploit
	Command Injection SNYK-JS-REACTDEVUTILS-1083268	265	Proof of Concept
	Information Exposure SNYK-JS-FOLLOWREDIRECTS-2396346	265	No Known Exploit
	Incomplete List of Disallowed Inputs SNYK-JS-BABELTRAVERSE-5962462	265	Proof of Concept
	Cross-site Scripting SNYK-JS-SEND-7926862	265	No Known Exploit
	Cross-site Scripting SNYK-JS-SERVESTATIC-7926865	265	No Known Exploit

Release notes

Package name: react-scripts

• 4.0.3 - 2021-02-22
• 4.0.2 - 2021-02-03
• 4.0.1 - 2020-11-23

from react-scripts GitHub release notes

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Summary of Changes

Hello team, gemini-code-assist here to provide a summary of this pull request. This PR, automatically generated by Snyk, aims to upgrade the react-scripts dependency from version 4.0.1 to 4.0.3. The primary motivation for this upgrade is to address a significant number of security vulnerabilities identified in the current version, including several high and critical severity issues related to various underlying dependencies used by react-scripts.

Highlights

• Dependency Upgrade: The core change is the upgrade of the react-scripts package to version 4.0.3.
• Security Fixes: This upgrade is specifically intended to fix multiple security vulnerabilities reported by Snyk, ranging from low to critical severity. These include issues like Improper Input Validation, Remote Memory Exposure, Prototype Pollution, SSRF, and more, affecting dependencies like url-parse, dns-packet, follow-redirects, async, immer, ip, body-parser, express, path-to-regexp, cookie, react-dev-utils, eventsource, babel-traverse, send, and serve-static.
• Automated PR: This pull request was automatically created by Snyk based on configured security scanning and upgrade policies.

Changelog

• package.json
  • Updated the react-scripts dependency version from 4.0.1 to 4.0.3 in the dependencies section.

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Code Review

This pull request, automatically generated by Snyk, upgrades react-scripts from version 4.0.1 to 4.0.3. This is a positive change as it addresses a number of security vulnerabilities detailed in the PR description. The change itself is a straightforward version update in package.json.

Summary of Findings

• Dependency Age and Future Upgrade Path: The upgrade to react-scripts@4.0.3 is beneficial as it patches several known vulnerabilities. However, this version itself is from early 2021. It is strongly recommended to plan a follow-up migration to react-scripts@5.x.x (the current major version) to ensure the project benefits from the latest security updates, bug fixes, and features, thereby reducing long-term maintenance and security risks.

Merge Readiness

This pull request provides a valuable security update by upgrading react-scripts to version 4.0.3 and addresses several vulnerabilities. The change is minimal and focused.

Therefore, this PR is a positive step and can be considered for merging. However, as noted in the review comment, react-scripts@4.0.3 is still an older version. It is highly recommended that the team prioritizes a subsequent upgrade to react-scripts@5.x.x to ensure long-term security, maintainability, and access to modern features.

As an AI, I am not authorized to approve pull requests. Please ensure this change is reviewed and approved by the appropriate maintainers before merging.

[gemini-code-assist]

This upgrade to react-scripts@4.0.3 is a good incremental step for security, addressing the listed vulnerabilities.

However, it's important to note that react-scripts@4.0.3 was released in February 2021. The current latest major version is react-scripts@5.x.x.

Given the age of the 4.x line, could the team consider planning a subsequent upgrade to react-scripts@5.x.x in the near future? Migrating to a more current major version would likely offer:

• More comprehensive security patches.
• Additional bug fixes and better compatibility with modern Node.js versions and other development tools.
• Access to newer features and potential performance improvements inherent in Create React App v5.

While this PR is beneficial, relying on an older major version long-term might lead to increased maintenance overhead and missing out on broader ecosystem improvements.