CVE-2017-16016
UNKNOWN
Published 2018-06-04T19:00:00Z
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Description
Sanitize-html is a library for scrubbing html input of malicious values. Versions 1.11.1 and below are vulnerable to cross site scripting (XSS) in certain scenarios: If allowed at least one nonTextTags, the result is a potential XSS vulnerability.
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Advisory Details
Affected versions of `sanitize-html` are vulnerable to cross-site scripting when allowedTags includes at least one `nonTextTag`.
## Proof of Concept
```js
var sanitizeHtml = require('sanitize-html');
var dirty = '!<textarea></textarea><svg/onload=prompt`xs`></textarea>!';
var clean = sanitizeHtml(dirty, {
allowedTags: [ 'textarea' ]
});
console.log(clean);
// !<textarea></textarea><svg/onload=prompt`xs`></textarea>!
```
## Recommendation
Update to version 1.11.4 or later.
Affected Packages
npm
sanitize-html
ECOSYSTEM:
≥0
<1.11.4
CVSS Scoring
CVSS Score
5.0
References
Advisory provided by GitHub Security Advisory Database. Published: November 9, 2018, Modified: September 8, 2023
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Published: 2018-06-04T19:00:00Z
Last Modified: 2024-09-17T01:46:48.797Z
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