Cross-Site Scripting in sanitize-html

GHSA-3j7m-hmh3-9jmp · CVE-2016-1000237

Published Apr 16, 2020 · Modified Nov 8, 2023

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Description

Affected versions of sanitize-html do not sanitize input recursively, which may allow an attacker to execute arbitrary Javascript.

Recommendation

Update to version 1.4.3 or later.

References

ADVISORY https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-1000237
WEB https://github.com/apostrophecms/sanitize-html/issues/29
WEB https://github.com/punkave/sanitize-html/issues/29
WEB https://github.com/apostrophecms/sanitize-html/commit/762fbc7bba389f3f789cc291c1eb2b64f60f2caf
WEB https://raw.githubusercontent.com/distributedweaknessfiling/cvelist/master/2016/1000xxx/CVE-2016-1000237.json
WEB https://www.npmjs.com/advisories/135

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