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Server side cross-site scripting In sanitize-html

Description

sanitize-html is vulnerable to XSS through incomprehensive sanitization sanitize-html prior to version 2.0.0-beta is vulnerable to Cross-site Scripting (XSS). The sanitizeHtml() function in index.js does not sanitize content when using the custom transformTags option, which is intended to convert attribute values into text. As a result, malicious input can be transformed into executable code.

Mitigation

Update Impact

Minimal update. May introduce new vulnerabilities or breaking changes.

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