CVE-2017-16017
UNKNOWN
Published 2018-06-04T19:00:00Z
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Description
sanitize-html is a library for scrubbing html input for malicious values Versions 1.2.2 and below have a cross site scripting vulnerability.
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Advisory Details
Affected versions of `sanitize-html` are vulnerable to cross-site scripting.
## Proof of Concept:
`<IMG SRC= onmouseover="alert('XSS');">`
produces the following:
`<img src="onmouseover="alert('XSS');"" />`
This is definitely invalid HTML, but would suggest that it's being interpreted incorrectly by the parser.
## Recommendation
Update to version 1.2.3 or later.
Affected Packages
npm
sanitize-html
ECOSYSTEM:
≥0
<1.2.3
CVSS Scoring
CVSS Score
5.0
CVSS Vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
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: 2024-09-17T01:40:49.487Z
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