[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
	Prototype Pollution SNYK-JS-IMMER-1019369	387	Proof of Concept
	Server-side Request Forgery (SSRF) SNYK-JS-IP-6240864	387	Proof of Concept
	Improper Handling of Extra Parameters SNYK-JS-FOLLOWREDIRECTS-6141137	387	Proof of Concept
	Asymmetric Resource Consumption (Amplification) SNYK-JS-BODYPARSER-7926860	387	No Known Exploit
	Prototype Pollution SNYK-JS-ASYNC-2441827	387	Proof of Concept
	Improper Input Validation SNYK-JS-URLPARSE-2407770	387	Proof of Concept
	Remote Memory Exposure SNYK-JS-DNSPACKET-1293563	387	No Known Exploit
	Command Injection SNYK-JS-REACTDEVUTILS-1083268	387	Proof of Concept
	Information Exposure SNYK-JS-EVENTSOURCE-2823375	387	Proof of Concept
	Open Redirect SNYK-JS-EXPRESS-6474509	387	No Known Exploit
	Cross-site Scripting SNYK-JS-EXPRESS-7926867	387	No Known Exploit
	Information Exposure SNYK-JS-FOLLOWREDIRECTS-2332181	387	Proof of Concept
	Regular Expression Denial of Service (ReDoS) SNYK-JS-PATHTOREGEXP-7925106	387	Proof of Concept
	Cross-site Scripting (XSS) SNYK-JS-COOKIE-8163060	387	No Known Exploit
	Information Exposure SNYK-JS-FOLLOWREDIRECTS-2396346	387	No Known Exploit
	Incomplete List of Disallowed Inputs SNYK-JS-BABELTRAVERSE-5962462	387	Proof of Concept
	Information Exposure SNYK-JS-FOLLOWREDIRECTS-6444610	387	Proof of Concept
	Regular Expression Denial of Service (ReDoS) SNYK-JS-PATHTOREGEXP-8482416	387	Proof of Concept
	Improper Input Validation SNYK-JS-URLPARSE-1078283	387	No Known Exploit
	Open Redirect SNYK-JS-URLPARSE-1533425	387	Proof of Concept
	Access Restriction Bypass SNYK-JS-URLPARSE-2401205	387	Proof of Concept
	Authorization Bypass SNYK-JS-URLPARSE-2407759	387	Proof of Concept
	Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key SNYK-JS-URLPARSE-2412697	387	Proof of Concept
	Cross-site Scripting SNYK-JS-SEND-7926862	387	No Known Exploit
	Cross-site Scripting SNYK-JS-SERVESTATIC-7926865	387	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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[gemini-code-assist]

Hello @nejidevelops, I'm Gemini Code Assist¹! I'm currently reviewing this pull request and will post my feedback shortly. In the meantime, here's a summary to help you and other reviewers quickly get up to speed!

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. The changes are minimal, focusing solely on updating the dependency version in the package.json file.

Highlights

• Dependency Upgrade: The core change in this PR is the upgrade of the react-scripts package from version 4.0.1 to 4.0.3. This is a minor version bump, moving two versions ahead of the current one.
• Security Vulnerability Fixes: This upgrade is recommended by Snyk to fix a substantial list of security vulnerabilities. These include critical issues like Incomplete List of Disallowed Inputs, and high severity issues such as Prototype Pollution, Server-side Request Forgery (SSRF), and various others across several underlying dependencies of react-scripts.

Changelog

• package.json
  • Updated the react-scripts dependency version from 4.0.1 to 4.0.3 (line 8).

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Code Review

This Snyk PR to upgrade react-scripts from 4.0.1 to 4.0.3 is a welcome change, addressing a significant number of security vulnerabilities as detailed in the PR description. Keeping dependencies up-to-date, especially those related to the build toolchain, is crucial for security and project stability.

Before merging, please ensure that:

1. All automated tests (unit, integration, E2E) pass successfully with this updated version of react-scripts.
2. If applicable, manual QA is performed on critical user flows to catch any unexpected regressions. While patch versions like this are generally expected to be backward compatible, thorough verification is always a good practice.

I've added one review comment with a medium severity regarding the longer-term maintenance strategy for react-scripts, which is intended for future planning rather than as a blocker for this beneficial update. Overall, this automated PR provides a valuable and straightforward security improvement.

Summary of Findings

• Security Vulnerability Remediation: The upgrade of react-scripts from version 4.0.1 to 4.0.3 successfully addresses multiple documented security vulnerabilities, including several high-severity ones like Prototype Pollution and Server-side Request Forgery. This significantly enhances the project's security posture.
• Long-term Dependency Management (react-scripts): While this patch to react-scripts@4.0.3 is beneficial, this version is from early 2021. It's recommended to plan a future migration to a more recent major version of react-scripts (e.g., 5.x) or an alternative modern build system. This will help in leveraging newer JavaScript features, performance optimizations, and ensure continued security updates and community support. This was noted as a medium-severity consideration for future planning in the review comments.

Merge Readiness

This pull request provides an important security update by upgrading react-scripts. Given the nature of the change (a patch update addressing known vulnerabilities) and the information that it's not a breaking change, I recommend merging it after successful completion of CI tests and any necessary manual QA.

The medium severity comment provided is for longer-term strategic planning regarding react-scripts and does not need to block the merging of this immediate security improvement.

As an AI, I am not authorized to approve pull requests. Please ensure this PR undergoes the standard review and approval process by the designated team members before merging.

[gemini-code-assist]

This upgrade to react-scripts@4.0.3 is a positive step for addressing the listed security vulnerabilities. Well done for automating this fix!

For future planning and long-term maintainability, it might be beneficial for the team to consider migrating to a newer major version of react-scripts (e.g., 5.x) or exploring more modern build tools. react-scripts 4.0.3 was released in February 2021, and newer versions or alternatives could offer performance improvements, new features, and more comprehensive long-term support.

Is this something that could be added to the technical roadmap for consideration? This suggestion is not intended to block the current PR, which is a clear improvement.