CVE-2017-16016

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.

Published: Jun 4, 2018
Updated: May 9, 2024
CVE: CVE-2017-16016
GHSA: GHSA-xc6g-ggrc-qq4r
Severity: Medium
Exploit:

CVSS v3:

Severity: Medium
Score: 6.1
AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

CVSS v2:

Severity: Low
Score: 4.3
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

CWEs:

CWE-79

OWASP TOP 10:

A7 - Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)

Affected Software
References

Software	From	Fixed in
punkave / sanitize-html	-	1.11.1.x
sanitize-html	-	1.11.4

https://github.com/punkave/sanitize-html/commit/5d205a1005ba0df80e21d8c64a15bb3accdb2403
https://github.com/punkave/sanitize-html/commit/5d205a1005ba0df80e21d8c64a15bb3accdb2403)))
https://github.com/punkave/sanitize-html/issues/100
https://nodesecurity.io/advisories/154
https://npmjs.com/package/sanitize-html#discarding-the-entire-contents-of-a-disallowed-tag
https://www.npmjs.com/advisories/154

Vulnerability Database

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CVE-2017-16016